VMware workstation is now free for personal use

 I was thinking about renewing my VMware workstation license using grant money but then I find out that it is now free for personal use. But you do need to follow the instructions here and get rid of the old license information. 

Copilot for Obsidian

 Copilot is another nice Obsidian AI plugin. The other one is Smart Connections. 

Julia performance

 This article has a few valuable references for benchmarking Julia vs. R vs. Python code. 

Interactive visualization using Agents.jl

 From this post, it is straightforward to create an interactive interface that is similar to the one found in Netlogo.