Tools I use for scientific code execution — In a previous post, I already covered the main tools I use during the scientific code development process. These tools were all closely related to writing, testing and maintaining code. In this post, I will...

The five steps of an astrophysical simulation project — During the past few years, I have conducted or been involved with quite a few astrophysical simulation projects. Despite being very different in subject (some of these simulations involved single stars, while others covered entire...

Space-filling curves — One of the perks or issues of being a researcher (pick your favourite) is that what you do does not necessarily always result in something useful. You could of course argue semantics and ask yourself...

Making diagrams and flowcharts with LaTeX: TikZ — When scientists (again, I should really limit myself to astrophysicists, because I cannot really speak for other sciences) need to create figures to put in journal papers, in presentations or on posters, they usually need...

Tools I use for scientific code development — In my daily job as a scientific code developer, I use a lot of freely available tools that help me be more efficient and to produce more robust, reproducible science products. In a series of...