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Hi, I'm VanessaSaurus, a Software Engineer.
Building tools, containers, and cloudy things, with a penchant for Python and parsnips. -- about me

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Why Are Journal Articles So Boring? Anyone who claims that reading journal articles is exciting is probably fibbing.  It’s not that the research itself is boring, but rather the way that it is communicated.  Part of my brain is eager to understand the method and the... Read more

Haricots V A moment of awareness, overwhelming for a small pea an ephemeral glimpse of what it might be like, to be. The world is so harsh for one that is so small. The world is too busy to listen for your... Read more

Introduction to the Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) I The Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) is a nice software package for the analysis of sequence data. With the development of the Allen Brain Atlas and the desire to do analysis that spans imaging and genetics, I’ve been waiting for the... Read more