Why don’t we open-source our #SAS macros? Great question – Atorus just did! During the keynote at PHUSE US Connect by Ross Farrugia and Michael Rimler, this was a question that came up when talking about collaboration around #rstats in pharma. We’ve seen such growth in the open-sourcing, sharing of code, and collaboration across companies. Solving problems together, instead of going it alone is welcomed and accepted. But why don’t we share our SAS macros? There are a lot of excuses for not sharing, whether it’s that our macros are too company specific, or maybe that it’s just not the programmer culture. At Atorus, #opensource is the key value driver at the center of our innovative and collaborative culture – so why not? The SAS macros Atorus uses for our clinical programming process are now available on GitHub here: https://lnkd.in/eHE3-39Z
How about making it a SAS Package and put it here https://github.com/SASPAC ?
Many say it's a company proprietary. Your organization has opened doors to change the thought process for others. Kudos.
Valerie Williams
4mo
This approach has been a long time coming in our industry. It fosters collaboration and promotes efficiency. 👍🏼
Ragini Hari
4mo
This is great to hear Mike Stackhouse. Absolutely in the world of open source especially with the code sharing, I advocate sharing SAS macros, thank you for starting this!
Nalin Tikoo, MS
4mo
This is great Mike Stackhouse . Thanks again for leading the way. Don’t know if you recall but I had this exact same question for you, Michael Rimler & Ross Farrugia a couple of years ago at PhUSE when you guys did I believe the first hands-on workshop on Pharmaverse. Very excited to see this🍻
András Kása
4mo
Superb idea!
Petter Olsson
4mo
Mike, this is an AWESOME initiative! Thank you for sharing!
Chief Innovation Officer at Atorus, Data Scientist
4moIt's important to recognize the developers who have built these macros over the last couple years, because I can confidently say that I've written 0 lines of this code: Yevhenii B. Rostyslav Didenko Oleksandr Khylko Marat Zakirov Oleksandr Homel Oleksii Mikryukov (Aleksei Mikriukov)