Announcing 10 key features in Great Docs v0.10.0 for #Python! From instant, beautiful doc sites to automated API discovery, built-in SEO, and AI agent skills support. Learn more: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-05...

Ten Great Things We Added to Great Docs

Great Docs reached its tenth release with v0.10.0. Here we look back at ten features that transformed it from a simple documentation generator into a comprehensive platform for Python package document...

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gitlink 1.8.0 turns a Quarto navbar placeholder into a live repository widget: star and fork counts from the platform API, cached four hours, plus a menu of project links you can extend. (inspired by great-docs from @richmeister.bsky.social) github.com/mcanouil/quarto-gitlink #quartoPub #opensource

YAML deserves a defense! opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-05... The complaints are real but historical as they describe YAML 1.1, not the 1.2 spec that fixed them in 2009. The post traces the full history and introduces py-yaml12, a fast Rust-backed Python library for the modern spec. Hope you enjoy!

In Defense of YAML

A common refrain among developers: YAML is bad and TOML is good. This post argues otherwise, tracing the history of configuration formats, examining what YAML 1.2 actually fixed, and introducing py-ya...

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We’re excited to launch the Posit Open Source website! 🚀 We’ve unified 15+ years of tools, 900+ blogs, and 1,600+ videos in one place. Explore it here: opensource.posit.co Huge thanks to the team: @cwick.co.nz Greg Swinehart @hadley.nz @ivelasq3.bsky.social @jeroenjanssens.com

Great Docs hit v0.10.0. I wrote a little retrospective covering one standout feature from each of its ten releases: auto-discovery, SEO, proofreading, linting, i18n, keyboard nav, versioning, and interactive data tables. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-05...

Ten Great Things We Added to Great Docs

Great Docs reached its tenth release with v0.10.0. Here we look back at ten features that transformed it from a simple documentation generator into a comprehensive platform for Python package document...

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Announcing posit::glimpse() May 2026! ✨ Key open-source updates for #RStats, #Python, and now #SQL: 📊 ggsql: Grammar of graphics for SQL 🤖 raghilda: Simplified RAG in Python 🔭 Shiny + pointblank: Built-in OpenTelemetry support 🦀 Quarto 2: A Rust-based future Read more: posit.co/blog/2026-05...

posit::glimpse() Newsletter - May 2026

We’re introducing new packages like ggsql and raghila, alongside major updates to Quarto and many other open-source packages.

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Exciting news 🤩🤩🤩 I refreshed my blog… again I write about Research Software Engineering 4 Reproducible Science — tools🔧, workflows🚀, opinions💭, data science📊, and more! This week: Posit’s new #great-docs documentation tool Lock in yall 👉 shorturl.at/D6seK #databs #rstats #python #rse4rs

Wake Up Babe, New Quarto Product Just Dropped – Tinashe Tapera

A first look at Quarto’s new great-docs package, why I care, and why I think it might finally give Python package docs a gentler on-ramp.

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We just released raghilda to PyPi. Raghilda is a framework for building RAG systems in #python. See the release blogpost: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04...

RAG with raghilda

An introduction to building retrieval-augmented generation systems with raghilda.

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We just released a blog post about something I'm very excited about: Great Docs. Post is in the *new* Posit Open Source site: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04... Great Docs is a #python pkg for creating beautiful Python package websites. We make it easy to use but also give you lots of options.

Introducing Great Docs: Beautiful Documentation for Python Packages

Great Docs is a new documentation site generator for Python packages. It auto-discovers your API, builds a modern site with Quarto, and ships with LLM-friendly features and one-command deployment.

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I did! Seriously check it out 👇

Tan@tanho.ca · 6mo ago

I think @richmeister.bsky.social just released something for this posit-dev.github.io/great-docs/

Anyone else spoiled by R's pkgdown and find python's mkdocs or sphinx a bit tedious and config-heavy. Check out @richmeister.bsky.social 's awesome new {great-docs} as a batteries-included alternative to spin up an effective docs site in <15 min! 1/n 🧵 github.com/posit-dev/gr...

GitHub - posit-dev/great-docs: Great Docs lets you easily build a Python package docs site

Great Docs lets you easily build a Python package docs site - posit-dev/great-docs

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The March edition of posit::glimpse() is here! 🚀 Key updates include Posit AI, a new assistant in RStudio, Pointblank for synthetic data for #Python, mirai v2.6.0: 50% faster async #RStats ⚡, Positron's PDF viewer + Jupyter support, and more. Read the full roundup: posit.co/blog/glimpse...

posit::glimpse() Newsletter – March 2026 - Posit

Stay up to date with the latest in this posit::glimpse() roundup, featuring posit::conf(2026) registration, the launch of Posit AI, and updates to Positron, Quarto, and mirai.

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@wesmckinney.com is on an absolute tear. 🔥 The pandas creator is leveraging AI to rapidly ship tools, crossing Swift, Go, and Python to build Agents View, VibePulse, roborev, moneyflow, msgvault, Spicy Takes... @richmeister.bsky.social breaks it down on the Posit blog: posit.co/blog/the-pro...

The Prolific Output of Wes McKinney in the Age of Agentic Engineering - Posit

Wes McKinney is shipping open source projects faster than ever, using AI coding agents to build across Python, Go, Swift, and Rust... and he's having more fun than he's had in years.

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For this week's #TidyTuesday data about agriculture in New Zealand I wanted to see what I could do with a "simple" chart to show that you don't always need all the bells and whistles for #DataViz to be effective 📊 ❌️ No colours ❌️ Basic line chart ❌️ No interactivity #RStats #ggplot2

Most data bugs aren't algorithm failures, they're assumption violations upstream. Pointblank makes validation a first-class citizen in R/Python workflows instead of an afterthought scattered in assert statements.

Fifty Releases of Pointblank: a Year of Building Data Quality Tooling - Posit

The Pointblank Python library's journey has resulted in a premier, data-agnostic toolkit for tabular data validation.

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dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

dplyr 1.2.0

dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...

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Celebrating fifty releases of pointblank! 🚀 This framework brings a mature, high-fidelity validation ecosystem to #Python. ✅ 25+ validation methods ✅ Beautiful, interactive reports ✅ Support for Pandas, Polars, & SQL Read more: posit.co/blog/fifty-r...

Fifty Releases of Pointblank: a Year of Building Data Quality Tooling - Posit

The Pointblank Python library's journey has resulted in a premier, data-agnostic toolkit for tabular data validation, offering automated reporting, multi-language support, and seamless integration acr...

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This book is a {gt} treasure trove! rich-iannone.github.io/gt-effective... Written by @richmeister.bsky.social, and shoutout to @libbyheeren.bsky.social for telling me about it. #RStats

gt 1.2.0, an R pkg for making tables, is now out (on CRAN)! Major highlights include: - SI prefix formatting w/ `fmt_number_si()` - multi-column stubs for hierarchical row labels - new `summary_columns()` function - major improvements to LaTeX, Word, and RTF rendering github.com/rstudio/gt/r...

Release v1.2.0 · rstudio/gt

The new fmt_number_si() function format numeric values with SI prefixes and an optional unit (which could be also be obtained from a separate column), automatically selecting the appropriate prefix...

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Announcing the Data Explorer “Convert to Code” Feature on Positron! With a single click, you can copy the R or Python code that reflects the filters and sorts you've set up in the Data Explorer UI. Transition quickly from visual exploration to scripting today! positron.posit.co/data-explore...

I did a workshop today on the pointblank package for R (this workshop: r-consortium.org/webinars/how...) and I thought it was great! Lots of great questions asked, and I did enjoy answering them. ALSO: the package is up to 1000 stars! Really glad to see people liking it :)

Just published my new R article: 'Mapply: When You Need to Iterate Over Multiple Inputs'! 🚀 If `sapply` doesn't quite cut it for your multi-variable iterations, `mapply` is your friend. Learn to pair inputs beautifully. #RStats #Mapply https://drmo.site/bhXeDb

✨ We launched a new installation page for DuckDB! 🚀 The new page lets you install the latest stable DuckDB release with just one or two clicks. If the defaults don't fit your use case, no worries: alternative download methods remain available for many clients.

🤩 My code produced when using LLMs to work on #rstats code got waaaaay better after I read this blog post by @simonpcouch.com on his Claude setup! www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2025-07...

🎧🐍 Episode #268 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Advice on Beginning to Learn Python realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

Episode #268: Advice on Beginning to Learn Python – The Real Python Podcast

What's changed about learning Python over the last few years? What new techniques and updated advice should beginners have as they start their journey? This week on the show, Stephen Gruppetta and Martin...

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If you've ever wanted to learn how to make beautiful websites with #QuartoPub and #rstats , check out this workshop I'm giving in a couple weeks! It'll be a blast (and we're covering Quarto's brand new _brand dot yaml system!)

Statistical Horizons@stathorizons.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Learn to create and publish a professional, data-focused website in “Create an Online Presence with Quarto Websites” on October 16-17, with @andrew.heiss.phd‬! Discover how to use #Quarto to build a variety of websites like personal portfolios, research compendiums, and interactive dashboards.

The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉 This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system. Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09... BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders #RStats

Tell me what working-out-loud has gotten you 🙋🏻‍♀️ Allowing myself/my curiosity/the work I do to be visible in community spaces, giving talks, asking questions at online meet-ups, ect has changed my life in huge ways I want to hear the ways it's changed yours, small or large #databs #rstats, #python

🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in! #rstats

ggplot2 styling

This post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article.

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