SciTools core developer diary 2025

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News of the the SciTools core developers' work during 2025

• Finished work
• Current work
• Planned work

Work in progress 🚧

We're looking for ways to keep the world informed of our activities, and this is just one of the ideas we are working on. Please be patient ❤️

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January

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office; 10 questions answered
• 2 week sprint: GeoVista

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February

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office; 22 questions answered
• 2 week sprint: Iris v3.12 features

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March

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office; 20 questions answered
• 2 week sprint: aligning repo architecture

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April

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office; 14 questions answered
• 2 week sprint: aligning repo architecture and code quality

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May

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office; 14 questions answered
• 3 week sprint: Iris 3.13 features (GH Discussion 🦋 Iris 3.13.x)

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June

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office; 12 questions answered
• 3 week sprint: Iris 3.13 features (GH Discussion 🦋 Iris 3.13.x)
• Evangelising GeoVista @ several workshops

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We've really enjoyed the large time blocks in May and June to work on some of Iris' 'dragons' - big, complex tasks that need lots of immersion. The time has given us a better intuition for some of Iris' deepest complexities, and what this might mean for future development priorities. None of this would not have been possible with a single isolated development sprint.

We're indebted to our hero @bjlittle for somehow keeping us organised during these sprints, while also sneaking in some networking for GeoVista at 2 different workshops. Don't know how he finds the time!

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July

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office

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August

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office
• 2 week sprint: converting to PyTest
• Possible sprint: Python-stratify

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September

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office
• 2 week sprint: Iris v3.14 features

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October

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office
• 2 x 2 week sprints: Iris v3.14 features

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November

• User support 'surgery' @ UK Met Office
• 2 week sprint: GeoVista

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December