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Chris Brownlie
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R and Python developer, Data Scientist #rstats #python https://chrisbrownlie.com
this week in #rstats ๐บ - latest Claude Code thoughts ๐ค @simonpcouch.com - faceted {tinyplot}s ๐ @ereinbergs.bsky.social - {httr2} v1.2.0 ๐ฏ @posit.co @hadley.nz - RAG with {ragnar}+{ellmer} โ๏ธ @stephenturner.us @smachlis.bsky.social this and more below ๐ www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-07-18)
Two introductions tot eh {ragnar} package for RAG in R; experiences with Claude Code for R dev; faceting {tinyplot} plots; the new {httr2} version, and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - parallel {purrr} โธ๏ธ @shikokuchuo.net @hadley.nz @davisvaughan.bsky.social - Quarto from code ๐ ๏ธ @djnavarro.net - R+AI conf proposals ๐ค @terrychristiani.bsky.social - free monthly webinars ๐ @jumpingrivers.com and more below! ๐ซ #data #news www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-07-11)
Generating Quarto documents from R code; free monthly webinars for R users; the exciting new addition to {purrr}; the first R+AI conference, and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ - {quickr} Fortran transpiling ๐จ@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy - Positron out of beta ๐ @posit.co - C for R users ๐ฉโ๐ป @rladies.org @ellakaye.co.uk - {zap} for efficient serialising โก @coolbutuseless.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy and more!๐ www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-07-04)
Positron's first stable release; contributing to base R with C; {zap} for efficient serialisation/compression; transpiling to Fortran with {quickr}, and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐บ - spatialML pkgs ๐ @jakubnowosad.com - {futureverse} ๐ฎ @henrikbengtsson.bsky.social - file-opening code ๐ @masalmon.eu - {mirai} ๐ @shikokuchuo.net - Quarto speaker notes ๐ฃ๏ธ @rfortherestofus.com this and more below! ๐ฅ #news #quarto #data www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-06-27)
The latest in asynchronous programming in R, from two big frameworks; file-opening helpers; specialised spatial ML; Quarto presentation tips, and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ - OLS in R ๐ @thomvolker.bsky.social - new bird data pkg ๐ฆ @jasminedaly.bsky.social - R -> Python ๐ @marcdotson.com - {duckplyr} joins the tidyverse ๐ฆ @masalmon.eu - Shiny in Production news ๐ฃ๏ธ @jumpingrivers.com and more below! โจ www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-06-20)
How to go from R to Python; the latest on {duckplyr} in the tidyverse; Shiny in Production announcements; a new avian dataset package and more!
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There are a lot of introductions to Python, but this one is mine. It includes a walkthrough of using uv for environment management, Polars for data wrangling, seaborn.objects for visualization, and scikit-learn for modeling. #rstats #python #pydata
An introduction to Python for R users โ Occasional Divergences
This introduction to Python assumes you know R, which is used as an analogy to explain Python for data analysis.
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - Air formatter v0.7.0 ๐ซ @davisvaughan.bsky.social @lionelhenry.bsky.social - intro to the {datapasta} package ๐ @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social - testing Shiny apps ๐งช - learn brand.yml โข๏ธ @rfortherestofus.com @grrrck.xyz and more below ๐ฅ www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-06-13)
Learn all about brand.yml; all you need to know about testing Shiny apps; a new version of Air has been released; an intro to the {datapasta} package and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐บ lots of AI-related news, an update on everything rOpenSci, some spatial machine learning, and a relatively rare base R functionโฆ๐ @simonpcouch.com @posit.co @jakubnowosad.com @ropensci.org @frankiethull.bsky.social check it out below! ๐ฅ www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-05-30)
Testing Claude 4 on R coding; the new {acquaint} package for MCP servers in R; {kuzco} for easy computer vision; spatial ML with {tidymodels}, and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - custom ggplot2 themes ๐จ @mansthulin.bsky.social - Air R formatter ๐จ @yosky.bsky.social - teach R with Github Codespaces ๐จโ๐ซ @mickael.canouil.fr - Shiny in Production workshops ๐ฃ @jumpingrivers.com - secure shiny ๐ and more below! ๐ฅ #data www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-05-23)
Shiny security vulnerabilities; custom ggplot2 themes; the new superfast R formatter; Github Codespaces for teaching; Shiny in Production announcement and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - all about fonts ๐ - {rixpress} multi-language pipelines ๐จโ๐ง @brodriguesco.bsky.social - virtual posit::conf(2025) ๐ป @posit.co - {plumber} + Caddy in prod ๐ฏ - shinydraw for wireframing ๐๏ธ this and more below! ๐จ #news #data #programming www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-05-16)
Using fonts in R; virtual posit::conf(2025); wireframing shiny apps; multi-language pipelines with {rixpress}; plumber APIs in production with Caddy; and more!
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Yuhuuu ๐ฅณ๐ thank you so much for the mention! And I take the opportunity to advertise SORTEE super quarto series this month: events.humanitix.com/sortee-works...
SORTEE Workshop: Quarto for reproducible analyses
SORTEE Workshop and Webinar Series: Intro to Quarto
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - new RStudio release ๐ @posit.co - upcoming Quarto Scrollytelling meetup ๐ @cecibaldoni.bsky.social - new Gemini 2.5 Pro vs R coding ๐ค @simonpcouch.com - VSCode for R+Python dev โ๏ธ @rworks.bsky.social and more ๐ #news #datascience www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - new RStudio release ๐ @posit.co - upcoming Quarto Scrollytelling meetup ๐ @cecibaldoni.bsky.social - new Gemini 2.5 Pro vs R coding ๐ค @simonpcouch.com - VSCode for R+Python dev โ๏ธ @rworks.bsky.social and more ๐ #news #datascience www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-05-09)
A new version of the most popular IDE; more LLM benchmarking with {vitals}; a look at VSCode for R+Python development; learn about Scrollytelling; and more!
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this week in #rstats โจ - Positron tips & tricks ๐ฅ๏ธ @albertrapp.bsky.social - DuckDB+R=๐ฅ @amolborkar.bsky.social @duckdb.org - Comparing spatial ML in R ๐บ๏ธ @jakubnowosad.com - Why R & Python are friends ๐ค this and more below! ๐ #news #data #python www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-05-01)
Deep dive into R-Python interoperability; getting the most out of Positron IDE; spatial ML in R comparisons; evidence supporting DuckDB & R usage, and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - Quarto Reveal.js tabsets and PDFs โจ @mickael.canouil.fr - SQLite in R ๐ฝ @kenkoonwong.bsky.social - {ellmer} Workshop for Ukraine ๐ค @hadley.nz - new DuckDB {duckspatial} pkg ๐ฆ and more! โจ www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-04-25)
Spatial data + DuckDB combo; learn about LLMs from {ellmer}s creator; supercharge your Quarto presentations; using SQLite from R; and much more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - assessing GPT4.1 โ๏ธ @simonpcouch.com - a new R pkg for route optimisation ๐บ๏ธ - managing Rstudio addins โ - using {ellmer} to analyse cycling routes๐ฒ and more below! โจ #ai #ellmer #llm #news www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-04-18)
Summarising cycling routes with AI in R; assessing LLM performance on R coding tasks; route planning with Valhalla in R; managing RStudio addins, and much more!
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this week in #rstats: - R 4.5.0 is here! ๐ - intro to {chores} ๐ฆพ @simonpcouch.com - AI+shiny+maps=cool ๐ @kylewalker.bsky.social - the future of {plumber}(2) ๐ ๏ธ @thomasp85.com - learning R with AI help ๐ซ @minecr.bsky.social this and more below! ๐ฅณ #news www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-04-11)
What's new in R 4.5.0; how to learn R with genAI; creating AI-powered interactive maps in shiny; the future of web API development in R; and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - evaluating LLMs in R ๐งช @simonpcouch.com - Observable JS for R users ๐ @nrennie.bsky.social - a new Docker pkg for R ๐ณ @coatless.bsky.social - using duckdb & duckplyr ๐ฆ @rorylawless.com - R pkg risk & QA ๐ง @jumpingrivers.com and more! ๐ฅณ www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-04-04)
How good is Gemini at R?; a new way to integrate Docker to your R work; Observable JS for R devs; getting the most out of DuckDB; R package QA, and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ค - ๐ค @simonpcouch.com on Claude for R dev - ๐ {mall} pkg for LLM-based wrangling - ๐ฆธโโ๏ธnew UI pkg from @davidgranjon.bsky.social - ๐ the latest @coatless.bsky.social pkg for managing many Github repos and more below! ๐ #news #data #programming www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-03-28)
Claude Code for R package dev; {mall} for LLM-based data processing; new {multideploy} package for managing many Github repos; a new UI package for R and more!
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - ๐ง {rixpress}, the latest Nix-wizardry pkg @brodriguesco.bsky.social - ๐ฆ @frankiethull.bsky.social creative new R-based game - ๐๏ธ a data viz comp you can still enter - ๐งโ๐ซ Positron/pkg dev tutorial by @juliasilge.com and more!โจ #data #news www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
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Our bilingual Quarto docs is in "This Week in R"! Thanks for the shout out, @bsky.chrisbrownlie.com! Blog post here: posit.co/blog/creatin...
this week in #rstats ๐ - ๐ฅ {dplyr} vs {data.table} @albertrapp.bsky.social - โผ๏ธ Bilingual Quarto docs @posit.co @ivelasq3.bsky.social - โฐ Shiny in Production deadline extension @jumpingrivers.com - ๐จ {pkgdown} enhancement tips and more below! #news #data #python www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
this week in #rstats ๐ - ๐ฅ {dplyr} vs {data.table} @albertrapp.bsky.social - โผ๏ธ Bilingual Quarto docs @posit.co @ivelasq3.bsky.social - โฐ Shiny in Production deadline extension @jumpingrivers.com - ๐จ {pkgdown} enhancement tips and more below! #news #data #python www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-03-14)
Clash of the titans with {dplyr} vs {data.table}; making docs accessible to R & Python users alike; a Shiny in Production announcement; and some pkgdown tips!
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this week in #rstats ๐คฉ - variable naming conventions๐น - useful R shell scripts @jemu.name ๐ - a new JSON db pkg ๐ - the latest {reticulate} features ๐ - 2025 ISC Grant proposals @ R-consortium ๐ธ this and more below! ๐ฅ #coding #data #programming #news www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-03-07)
Useful shell commands; calls for grant proposals; a lightweight JSON database; variable naming conventions; improvements to the {reticulate} package and more!
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this week in #rstats: - R 4.4.3 released today! ๐ - Air: the new superfast R formatter @davisvaughan.bsky.social ๐จ - upcoming {rix}/Nix webinar @brodriguesco.bsky.social ๐ฆ - intro to {ellmer} LLM pkg @posit.co ๐ค - tidymodels Q1 2025 update ๐ and more! โจ www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-02-28)
A brand new superfast R formatter; a new version of R; whats new in tidymodels?; useR! deadline extension; get to know {rix}; introducing {ellmer} and more!
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This week in #rstats ๐ฅ - using R to analyse NASA data ๐ - a guide to LLM tools in R ๐ค - R Shiny options() and how to use them โจ - an example LLM-based app project in R and how it has progressed ๐ this and more at the link below! ๐ #news #data #llm #ai www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-02-21)
Learn more about the world of LLM tools in R; see how an LLM project gets started and evolves; take a peek under the Shiny source code; and much more!
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UseR! 2025 Call for Proposals is now open! We invite R users and developers from around our region and the world to submit abstracts for useR! 2025. Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025 useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA. user2025.r-project.org/call #RStats
#rstats developers ๐ค 'I'm a Celebrity' fans for anyone else in that venn diagram, my new data package {bushtucker} is now on CRAN ๐ชณ haven't got round to doing much with it yet but check out the datasets and let me know what you think! github.com/chrisbrownli... #data #package #imaceleb
GitHub - chrisbrownlie/bushtucker: R package containing data on the TV show 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here'.
R package containing data on the TV show 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here'. - chrisbrownlie/bushtucker
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This week in #rstats: - the role of CRAN, opinions and comparisons - a new {webmockr} release from @ropensci.org - @schochastics.net latest pkg {paperwizard} - insights into API scraping with {httr2} from @stephenturner.us - a new data pkg self-plug #news #data www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-02-14)
Scraping bioRxiv for pre-print info and metadata; where do you stand on CRAN?; a new scraping package for readable content and a {webmockr} update!
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this week in #rstats ๐ฅ - brand.yml comes to R Shiny - a mobile app that runs R?! - all the latest 2025 conf news and deadlines - a new file change monitoring pkg - exploring the linkedin api with @drmowinckels.io this and more below ๐ #news #programming #data www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-02-07)
A new mobile app that can run R; big upcoming R conference deadlines; new package for file monitoring; brand.yml comes to R Shiny; LinkedIn in R and much more!
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The tidymodels team is hiring an intern to work on preprocessing and feature selection! Please get in touch by Feb 15 and/or share with #RStats folks who might be interested. The blog post links out to posts by previous interns and the job posting, of course. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/01...
tidymodels Internship for 2025 - Tidyverse
The tidymodels team is sponsoring a summer internship in 2025.
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