---
title: "Bytesize: The Art of a Minimal Example"
description: "Part of the nf-core/bytesize series"
url: "https://phil.ewels.co.uk/talks/2023/11/14/bytesize_the_art_of_a_minimal_example"
site: "phil.ewels.co.uk"
author: "Phil Ewels"
section: "Talks"
type: "Bytesize"
date: "2023-11-14"
location: "Online"
event: "https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_minimal_example"
slides: "https://phil.ewels.co.uk/talks/2023/11/14/bytesize_the_art_of_a_minimal_example/nf-core_Bytesize_-_MREs.pdf"
video: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7EhyT1m2ZQ"
---

# Bytesize: The Art of a Minimal Example

> Part of the nf-core/bytesize series

A short nf-core/bytesize talk about troubleshooting and getting help, using "MREs", or minimal reproducible examples.

Warning: this talk contained a lot of gifs.

### Description

We all know how difficult it is to debug a complicated pipeline, but Phil (@ewels) is here to help! In this weeks bytesize talk, he will show us how to debug with a minimal reproducible example - a tiny pipeline that exhibits the buggy behavior.

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From the personal website of Phil Ewels, a software developer and bioinformatician in Stockholm, Sweden: https://phil.ewels.co.uk/
The whole site as Markdown: https://phil.ewels.co.uk/llms.txt