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Suppose that your code does become widely visible. How is that a bad thing for you? Your reputation will be enhanced, you will have contributed something that o
by pjscott 14y ago
Suppose that your code does become widely visible. How is that a bad thing for you? Your reputation will be enhanced, you will have contributed something that other people find useful, and if there are serious bugs affecting your results, it'll be nice to find those.
You might want to automate the process of re-running your analysis, though. It's a good idea in general, and especially if you anticipate needing to make minor tweaks to the software involved.
- michaelbarton 14y agoI think that is a big 'if.' If I create one of the pieces of bioinformatics software that becomes widely used then this is great for my career. However I believe a large majority of research software goes unused and therefore uncited. The extra effort I made to create a website and documentation is therefore time I could have spent more usefully on creating another publishable unit.