Init reproducible processing toolbox blog post

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+title: "Community Insight: Reproducible Processing Toolbox 🧰"
+description: |
+  In user interviews, we found that many researchers want to work in a graphical GIS
+  environment _and_ a Jupyter Notebook, and they want to come away with a unified,
+  reproducible, and shareable product.
+date: "2025-07-15"
+image: "..."
+author:
+  - name: "Matt Fisher"
+categories:
+  - "Community insights"
+---
+
+QGIS features
+[an excellent **processing toolbox** of geospatial algorithms](https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/processing/toolbox.html).
+This enables researchers to access the computational power of
+[GDAL/OGR](https://gdal.org/en/stable/) and other providers without needing to code.
+QGIS also provides a
+[model builder](https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/processing/modeler.html)
+which enables users to combine processing operations into a single reusable algorithm.
+Users can even
+[export those algorithms to Python scripts](https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/processing/modeler.html#exporting-a-model-as-a-python-script)!
+
+ArcGIS provides similar
+[geoprocessing](https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/analysis/geoprocessing/basics/find-geoprocessing-tools.htm)
+and
+[ModelBuilder](https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/analysis/geoprocessing/modelbuilder/what-is-modelbuilder-.htm)
+offerings, and while our interviewees have described this as a valuable teaching tool,
+they've also commented that a major downside or deal-breaker is the requirement for a
+pricey (starting at $700/year at time of writing) ArcGIS license.
+Some practitioners described creating tools with the ArcGIS ModelBuilder and then
+rewriting them later as open source software packages!
+That's a lot of work.
+
+:::{.callout-tip icon=false appearance=minimal}
+**We aim to
+[create a new workflow](https://github.com/geojupyter/jupytergis/issues/519)
+for [JuypterGIS](https://jupytergis.readthedocs.io/), providing an approachable
+graphical environment with immediate feedback for geospatial processing operations,
+but with tight integration with Jupyter Notebooks.**
+:::