update: add episode 8 news and views

Author: christopher-hakkaart

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+title=nf-test, mentorships and debugging resume 
+episode=8
+description=nf-test, mentorships and debugging resume 
+date=2022-12-21
+type=podcast
+subtype=News and Views
+youtubeid=2EPkwlHIQQE
+image=img/podcast_ep08.jpg
+tags=news and views,opensource,community
+status=published
+author= Developer advocates
+icon=logo_podcast_channels.jpg
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+In this News and Views episode, [Phil Ewels](https://twitter.com/tallphil), [Chris Hakkaart](https://twitter.com/chris_hakk), and [Marcel Ribeiro-Dantas](https://twitter.com/mribeirodantas) discuss the hottest topics in the Nextflow world.
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+<!-- end-archive-description -->
+
+#### nf-test
+
+- [nf-test](https://github.com/askimed/nf-test) is a simple test framework for Nextflow pipelines.
+    - Developed by [Lukas Forer](https://twitter.com/lukfor), [Sebastian Schönher](https://twitter.com/seppinho), and [others](https://github.com/askimed/nf-test/graphs/contributors).
+- nf-test has a range of functions that can be used to test a pipeline to ensure it is being run correctly.
+    - Documentation can be found [here](https://code.askimed.com/nf-test/).
+- [Edmund Miller](https://github.com/Emiller88) recently presented a [ByteSize](https://nf-co.re/events/2022/bytesize_nftest) talk discussing nf-test.
+- nf-test is being incorporated into some nf-core pipelines and will likely be incorporated into all nf-core pipelines in the future. 
+
+#### Nextflow and nf-core mentorship program
+
+- Nextflow and nf-core runs a [mentorship program](https://nf-co.re/mentorships) that is supported by our [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://chanzuckerberg.com/) grant.
+- Round 1 of the program was a great success.
+    - Check out the [blog post](https://www.nextflow.io/blog/2022/czi-mentorship-round-1.html) to see what our mentor/mentee paris did.
+- Round 2 of the mentorship program started in December 2022 and will finish in March 2023.
+- Participation jumped from 5 pairs last round to 13 pairs made up of mentors and mentees from around the globe.
+- Keep an eye out for updates and the next round starting in the middle of next year.
+
+#### Debugging resume
+
+- [Abhinav Sharma](https://twitter.com/abhi18av) wrote a fantastic [blog post](https://www.nextflow.io/blog/2022/caching-behavior-analysis.html) about caching behavior.
+- Using a hands-on approach he highlights some strategies that can be used to understand what is causing a particular process (or processes) to re-run, instead of using the cache from previous runs of the pipeline.
+- A great example of a community post that is addressing a common question we see in the Slack channels.
+