#15: Herminio Vazquez & Virginie Grosboillot join Arfon and Abby to discuss cuallee, their Python package designed for data quality checks across multiple data framed APIs. The discussion covers the importance of data quality, the passion behind the project, and the intersection of open-source software in both academia and industry.

Herminio is the Director Data Strategy and Analytics at Copado. Virginie is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Ljubljana.

You can follow them both on LinkedIn: Hermino, Virginie

Episode highlights:

• [02:02] - The Story Behind cuallee
• [03:32] - Guest Backgrounds and Expertise
• [05:08] - Applications in Bioinformatics
• [09:27] - Industry Applications and Inspirations
• [11:21] - Comparing cuallee with Other Tools
• [23:26] - Open Source Contributions and Community
• [27:12] - Challenges in Building cuallee
• [32:17] - Conclusion and How to Get Involved

Links:

• JOSS paper: https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.06684
• cuallee repository: https://github.com/canimus/cuallee
• Herminio on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/herminio-vazquez-701bb0/
• Virginie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginie-grosboillot-7a7b8b23a/
• The Journal of Open Source Software (Twitter/X, blog)
• @arfon on (fosstodon, Linkedin, GitHub, website)
• @abbycabs on (Twitter/X, hachyderm, bsky, Linkedin, GitHub, website)
• Donate to JOSS

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