Julia, a free, general-purpose programming language aimed at science, engineering, and related arenas of technical computing, has steadily improved and widened its scope of application since its initial public release in 2012. As part of its 1.11 release from late 2024, Julia made several inroads into areas outside of its traditional focus, provided its users with advances in tooling, and has seen several improvements in performance and programmer convenience. These recent developments in and ar...