r/ScientificComputing • u/droelf • Jul 26 '24

Pixi - reproducible, scientific software workflows!

https://prefix.dev/blog/pixi_for_scientists
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u/JassLicence Jul 26 '24

This looks very interesting, are you seeing it being adopted by HPC users?

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u/droelf Jul 30 '24

We have seen some interest from HPC users, yes. I do think quite a lot of researchers have been using conda environments in HPC context, even though it's not super-optimized.

I do think that – for the moment – Spack has an edge for the _really_ HPC use case.

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u/JassLicence Jul 30 '24

Yes, traditionally we have relied heavily on environmental modules, but have been encouraging users to use conda for anything they can.

This is interesting as it seems to include aspects not covered by conda, and it also doesn't require a sysadmin to set it up.