Nov 7, 2017 — The Experiment Factory (v2.0) Alpha — Nobody ever goes in… and nobody ever comes out. I’m pleased to share that I’ve been working on a new alpha version of The Experiment Factory, completely redone to deploy “Reproducible Experiment Containers.” It’s a beautiful combination of Singularity’s new... Read more

Nov 2, 2017 — Adding Container Labels Dynamically — Here is a quick snippet for how to dynamically add labels to your Singularity Container at build time, which are then exposed when you inspect it. First, here is the recipe: We are basically copying the Python helpers from Singularity... Read more

Sep 19, 2017 — The Docker Destroyer — I’ve had to reinstall my Ubuntu operating system once, and today almost twice, because of what comes down to a grubby daemon (no pun intended) sticking his sausage fingers into the important bits of my computer. What happened? Well, the... Read more

Aug 9, 2017 — Standard Container Integration Format — We are making progress in reproducibility by way of Linux Containers, and as a developer for Singularity I am throwing my latkes in the air! However, what is currently lacking is transparency and organization about what is inside containers. Right... Read more