# discuss

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## [Share your Binder!](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/share-your-binder/32)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/share-your-binder/32 "2019-06-10T15:32:25Z")

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Do you have an awesome Binder that you want to share with the community? Paste a brief description and a link below so that we can check it out! In particular, we’d love to see Binders that cover things like: Education…

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## [About the Binder discuss category](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/about-the-binder-discuss-category/204)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
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A general place to talk about the Binder Project. Anything that isn’t asking for help with specific repositories (see #binder:help) or asking for deployment help with BinderHub (see #binder:binderhub).

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## [Job opportunity: Research Associate for Jupyter4NFDI at GESIS](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/job-opportunity-research-associate-for-jupyter4nfdi-at-gesis/37489)

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**Author:** [@arnim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/arnim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/job-opportunity-research-associate-for-jupyter4nfdi-at-gesis/37489 "2025-08-11T15:33:11Z")

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Dear all, I am excited to share a new job opportunity for computational social scientists at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Cologne, Germany: Research Associate (f/m/d) for the Jupyter4NFDI projec…

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## [Tip: speed up Binder launches by pulling github content in a Binder link with nbgitpuller](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/tip-speed-up-binder-launches-by-pulling-github-content-in-a-binder-link-with-nbgitpuller/922)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Replies:** 73\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/tip-speed-up-binder-launches-by-pulling-github-content-in-a-binder-link-with-nbgitpuller/922 "2024-01-07T22:41:20Z")

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Something people often want is to de-couple the content of a repository from the environment that is needed to run it. This would allow you to update the content of a repo without needing to re-build the Binder needed fo…

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## [How to reduce mybinder.org repository startup time](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-reduce-mybinder-org-repository-startup-time/4956)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Replies:** 60\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-reduce-mybinder-org-repository-startup-time/4956 "2022-12-01T20:18:57Z")

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People often ask the question: how can I make my repository launch more quickly on mybinder.org? This is a short and informal post to share some insights and a few suggestions. What affects launch time? The challenge b…

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## [Unknown parent image ID](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/unknown-parent-image-id/16774)

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**Author:** [@sluna](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/sluna)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/unknown-parent-image-id/16774 "2022-11-24T14:48:22Z")

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Hello, We are recently getting this error in mybinder: Error removing intermediate container 94c744059fac: No such container: 94c744059faceee7c5bbba589dd4536af8bd040ba183be78fba10186f70a8a93 unknown parent image ID sha…

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## [\`mamba env update\` instead of \`mamba env create\`?](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/mamba-env-update-instead-of-mamba-env-create/16007)

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**Author:** [@sluna](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/sluna)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/mamba-env-update-instead-of-mamba-env-create/16007 "2022-09-29T13:39:49Z")

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Hello, I have used mybinder.org for a repository for a couple of years now: https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/AMIGA-IAA/hcg-16/udocker-1.3.3 It’s been working until recently but now I get Encountered problems while solving:…

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## [Updating the basemap of an ipyleaflet map in Binder](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/updating-the-basemap-of-an-ipyleaflet-map-in-binder/15320)

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**Author:** [@pbzepplin](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/pbzepplin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/updating-the-basemap-of-an-ipyleaflet-map-in-binder/15320 "2022-08-12T13:30:11Z")

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I have been working on an offline Jupyter Notebook containing an ipyleaflet map. I have an interactive dropdown where a used can select a basemap for the map. This works in a normal Jupyter Notebook, but does not in the …

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## [Place repo2docker generated \`Dockerfile\` in the built image?](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/place-repo2docker-generated-dockerfile-in-the-built-image/6754)

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**Author:** [@betatim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/betatim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/place-repo2docker-generated-dockerfile-in-the-built-image/6754 "2020-11-15T07:12:53Z")

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Do you copy your Dockerfile into your container images? Is it useful? A waste of space? My question: should repo2docker do this? Via I learnt that some people copy the Dockerfile into their images. I had never though…

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## [DockerHub image retention timelimit](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/dockerhub-image-retention-timelimit/5592)

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**Author:** [@betatim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/betatim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/dockerhub-image-retention-timelimit/5592 "2020-08-13T15:13:47Z")

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Docker has updated their terms of service: https://www.docker.com/pricing/retentionfaq If you are using dockerhub to store images for your binderhub deployment or as a way for people to fetch older image tags of softwar…

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## [Custom kernel help for mybinder.org](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/custom-kernel-help-for-mybinder-org/4526)

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**Author:** [@fdncred](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/fdncred)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/custom-kernel-help-for-mybinder-org/4526 "2020-05-23T23:57:54Z")

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We have a custom jupyter kernel at https://github.com/nushell/nu\_jupyter and we’d like to package it in mybinder.org as kind of a playground. I don’t see any good documentation for doing this. Can you point me in the rig…

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## [Allow for multiple, different dependencies per repository](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/allow-for-multiple-different-dependencies-per-repository/4109)

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**Author:** [@rbavery](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/rbavery)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/allow-for-multiple-different-dependencies-per-repository/4109 "2020-04-23T05:03:43Z")

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Moving discussion from this github issue: Allow for multiple, different dependencies per repository · Issue #555 · jupyterhub/binderhub · GitHub The Problem Thanks for the clarification @kikocorreoso ! I think your bes…

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## [Auto-generating ipynb files for documentation with sphinx-gallery and jupytext](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/auto-generating-ipynb-files-for-documentation-with-sphinx-gallery-and-jupytext/2173)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/auto-generating-ipynb-files-for-documentation-with-sphinx-gallery-and-jupytext/2173 "2020-03-13T18:38:25Z")

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I just heard from @mwouts about this interesting patch/deploy of sphinx-gallery for building Binder links in Sphinx documentation. Here’s the blog post about it: tl;dr Sphinx-Gallery generates a collection of .ipynb f…

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## [Best practices on editing/testing locally before publishing to Binder?](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/best-practices-on-editing-testing-locally-before-publishing-to-binder/2734)

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**Author:** [@wabiloo](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/wabiloo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/best-practices-on-editing-testing-locally-before-publishing-to-binder/2734 "2019-11-25T14:39:13Z")

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Hi there, I would like to make some teaching material using Jupyter notebook. I’ve spent the last few days playing with Binder, JupyterLab, Jupyter classic, RISE, and repo2docker, and really like what I’m finding. At t…

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## [Binder template repositories](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binder-template-repositories/1522)

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**Author:** [@betatim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/betatim)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binder-template-repositories/1522 "2019-09-28T00:49:55Z")

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A few weeks ago GitHub announced that you can mark repositories as “template repositories”: https://github.blog/2019-06-06-generate-new-repositories-with-repository-templates/ This makes it easier for people to use a re…

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## [Binder workshop Sun. July 21, 9 am to 1 pm Swiss time: ~50 users](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binder-workshop-sun-july-21-9-am-to-1-pm-swiss-time-50-users/1731)

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**Author:** [@pwrose](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/pwrose)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binder-workshop-sun-july-21-9-am-to-1-pm-swiss-time-50-users/1731 "2019-08-07T19:12:09Z")

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We are holding a binder workshop on Sun. from 9 am to 1 pm Swiss time with about 50 users: https://github.com/ISMB-ECCB-2019-Tutorial-AM4/reproducible-computational-workflows. Binder folks, is there anything you need to …

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## ["reproducible" binder environments with repo2docker, dockerhub and nbgitpuller](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/reproducible-binder-environments-with-repo2docker-dockerhub-and-nbgitpuller/1823)

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**Author:** [@fmaussion](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/fmaussion)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/reproducible-binder-environments-with-repo2docker-dockerhub-and-nbgitpuller/1823 "2019-08-07T10:15:20Z")

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Cautionary note: I’m not a Binder expert. Feel free to comment / discuss below, I’m happy to improve this post! Edits: I took @betatim’s post below into account for certain points. After I spent the last two days debug…

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## [PyPI time machine](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/pypi-time-machine/1632)

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**Author:** [@minrk](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/minrk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/pypi-time-machine/1632 "2019-07-11T07:10:41Z")

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PyPI time machine is a cool new tool for freezing PyPI in time, like repo2docker does with CRAN. This might be useful for more reproducible requirements.txt builds. Not sure exactly how to integrate it, but worth consi…

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## [Binderhub button - 'pull from referrer'](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binderhub-button-pull-from-referrer/1572)

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**Author:** [@psychemedia](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/psychemedia)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/binderhub-button-pull-from-referrer/1572 "2019-07-09T16:39:10Z")

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Github template repos could be hugely exciting, I think, as a way of supporting the sharing of base Binder environments, but one thing that could be irritating, and get overlooked, is the tweaking of Binder button paths …

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## [Creating a specification for reproducible repositories](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/creating-a-specification-for-reproducible-repositories/569)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/creating-a-specification-for-reproducible-repositories/569 "2019-07-07T19:08:06Z")

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We’ve had a few general conversations about this, and I’d love to hear the community’s feedback on this idea. tl;dr: What do people think about trying to define a “specification for reproducible repositories” to standar…

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## [Blog post about Zenodo + Binder integration](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/blog-post-about-zenodo-binder-integration/1398)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
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**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/blog-post-about-zenodo-binder-integration/1398 "2019-06-18T21:37:24Z")

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Hey all - I’ve got the draft of a blog post for Zenodo+Binder integration here: https://hackmd.io/IZ4JjvVARNSocv0Z8L9cCw?both still WIP, and would love feedback, edits, or comments!

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## [Please take the mybinder.org user survey](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/please-take-the-mybinder-org-user-survey/1382)

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**Author:** [@betatim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/betatim)\
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**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/please-take-the-mybinder-org-user-survey/1382 "2019-06-17T12:52:29Z")

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If you use Binder, please fill out this 3-question survey. It will help the community learn more about what people think of Binder, and improve it in the future! Here’s a link to the survey: https://docs.google.com/form…

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## [What would a repo2docker GUI look like?](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/what-would-a-repo2docker-gui-look-like/205)

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**Author:** [@betatim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/betatim)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/what-would-a-repo2docker-gui-look-like/205 "2018-12-01T01:37:47Z")

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repo2docker is the tool that is used to build the images on mybinder.org. The philosophy behind its design is to reuse files that people already place in their repositories anyway. To keep the effort for making your repo…

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## [The FrictionlessData specification for data](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/the-frictionlessdata-specification-for-data/1028)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/the-frictionlessdata-specification-for-data/1028 "2019-05-09T14:37:20Z")

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I’m here at CSVConf and just heard about an interesting project that’s sponsored by the Open Knowledge Foundation. It’s called FrictionlessData and it seems to be an attempt at defining specifications for data of varying…

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## [Repo2Docker: make it easy to start from arbitrary docker image](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/repo2docker-make-it-easy-to-start-from-arbitrary-docker-image/502)

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**Author:** [@fmaussion](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/fmaussion)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/repo2docker-make-it-easy-to-start-from-arbitrary-docker-image/502 "2019-04-27T17:16:37Z")

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I’ve been asked to start this discussion here after a gitter chat with @betatim and @jhamman. My apologies if I’m re-opening existing discussions, I’m quite new to BinderHub (and other hubs). Related GH issue: https://g…

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## [Check if running on binder](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/check-if-running-on-binder/635)

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**Author:** [@rheiland](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/rheiland)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/check-if-running-on-binder/635 "2019-03-29T21:54:32Z")

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Silly question perhaps, but how can my Python/Jupyter notebook check to see if it’s running on binder? I’d like to disable certain feature for that case.

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## [Brainstorm a tag-line for BinderHub](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/brainstorm-a-tag-line-for-binderhub/491)

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**Author:** [@choldgraf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/choldgraf)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/brainstorm-a-tag-line-for-binderhub/491 "2019-03-28T18:53:25Z")

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Lots of tools have a short, descriptive explanation of the tool and their product. For example, this is the first thing you see in the Colaboratory intro notebook: Colaboratory is a free Jupyter notebook environment th…

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## [Repo2docker/mybinder.org as part of data/code publishing guidelines](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/repo2docker-mybinder-org-as-part-of-data-code-publishing-guidelines/367)

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**Author:** [@betatim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/betatim)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/repo2docker-mybinder-org-as-part-of-data-code-publishing-guidelines/367 "2019-02-04T10:29:55Z")

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Should Binder try and push to get itself included in pages that make recommendations to authors/researchers on how to archive their code? Someone pointed me at https://gatesopenresearch.org/for-authors/data-guidelines a…

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## [Repo2docker roadmap review](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/repo2docker-roadmap-review/249)

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**Author:** [@betatim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/betatim)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/repo2docker-roadmap-review/249 "2018-12-12T18:55:48Z")

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In https://repo2docker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/roadmap.html we promised to review the roadmap by the start of December. That is now. If you want to be part of that please get involved in this thread. We ha…

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## [The "mybinder.org, deconstructed" guide](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/the-mybinder-org-deconstructed-guide/212)

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**Author:** [@betatim](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/betatim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/the-mybinder-org-deconstructed-guide/212 "2018-11-28T18:59:10Z")

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Is this a question of discovering the right configuration file that let’s you solve your problem (“I need to set environment variables when this container starts, how do I do that?”)? Or a question of getting all the ri…

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