---
# System prepended metadata

title: AiiDA Team Meeting 2023-08-24
tags: [team meetings]

---

# AiiDA Team Meeting 2023-08-24

###### tags: `team meetings`
###### time: 2pm CET

[TOC]

### Present

* Sebastiaan
* Edan
* Kristjan
* Giovanni
* Jusong
* Marnik
* Miki


### Catch-up round

*Max. 3 minutes each*

Sebastiaan:
 * [`ArrayData`: Allow defining array(s) on construction and make name optional in `get_array` ](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/pull/6097)
 * Discourse: let's get the switch finalized. Document with discussion on steps here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zbC9XcYhQ2UbFDvBlmmTIBoP_z4m6LrU0rDsZHDTb-I/edit#heading=h.8pdu5eidoz


Kristjan:
* worked on adding `verdi storage backup`: https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/pull/6069
  * two options:
    * backup(path, remote, prev_backup)
    * backup_auto(path, remote)
  * handling bash commands via subprocess
    * ssh uses users .ssh/config
    * potential alternative: paramiko for ssh, but not sure if worth it <- NOT WORTH IT

Jason:
  * The container docker stack PR is ready with an updated [AEP 009](https://aep--39.org.readthedocs.build/en/39/009_new_docker_stack_image/readme.html)
  * Ahmed will give a demo on the GSoC project.

Giovanni:
- With Edan, we'll interview SwissTwins candidates in 2 weeks. Hopefully new team members by the end of the year?
- Xing presented a very interesting concept on something in between calcfunctions and calcjobs/workchains for people just needing simple joining of existing code. Very worth further discussion in my opinion.
- plans for further coding days/doc days? Were the tasks from the previous coding week finalized? 
  - on my side, important work on disk-objectstore done - requires quick discussion with someone else on release path (do we do major release etc, what we deprecate), then release and adapt AiiDA to depend on it. I think it needs 1, max 2 days of work if there are no suprises. Would benefit for focused days (but for me ideally after mid Oct unless people want to work on it, then I can assist)

Marnik:
  - Nothing to report on the `aiida-core` front.
  - PSI-related question: do we have a Google drive there too? Do we keep access to the EPFL one?

Edan:
- testing the built-in monitoring feature (so far so good)

Miki:
- almost ready a first version of aiida-atomistic and new StructureData (tested for Hubbard and magnetic calculations)

### Specific Agenda Items