Doing a play with no one watching — are you gonna do your best work? Nell Thomas on why your data team needs a real audience, not just stakeholders who nod and move on. Listen on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/7KNH...) and Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...).

Today is the last day to apply for an Opportunity Scholarship for posit::conf(2026)! Our Opportunity Scholarship provides travel, lodging, & registration to attend posit::conf for underrepresented groups in data science. Learn more & apply by midnight tonight: posit.co/blog/apply-t...

We don’t believe in magic buttons. We believe in code. Posit AI is embedded in RStudio — it sees your session, shows its work, and produces reproducible code. posit.co/products/ai/... #RStudio #PositAI

Wondering why Astral joined OpenAI? We recently hosted Charlie Marsh from Astral on The Test Set, where he discussed how AI agents were already reshaping Astral’s roadmap. If you want to hear where his head was at before the news broke, check out the episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Noxo...

New in pointblank: Generate realistic, coherent synthetic datasets directly in #Python. 🛠️📊 Need test data that actually makes sense? Pointblank’s generate_dataset() ensures that names, emails, and locations stay consistent across rows, covering 100+ countries! Learn more: posit.co/blog/buildin...

On March 25th, we’re hosting a live enablement session on the new Positron Notebook Editor—a batteries-included experience that treats notebooks as first-class citizens. 🔗 Register Here: events.zoom.us/ev/Ajss5j9Ve...

We’re thrilled to welcome Sara Altman and Simon Couch of the Posit AI Core team to the #positconf 2026 keynote stage! They’ll be sharing a practical, hype-free look at how AI is being thoughtfully integrated into the tools you use every day. ✨ See what’s next for AI in open source: pos.it/conf

Announcing Rapp 0.3.0: Turn your #RStats scripts into polished command-line tools. 🛠️ 💻 Rapp turns R scripts into polished command-line tools. New in 0.3.0: R expressions for CLI options & switches, support for switch() blocks, help menu from comments. Read more: tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

In the fast-paced world of retail analytics, speed-to-delivery is everything. We’re proud to share this insight from Jeffrey Sumner at Bath & Body Works on how Positron is streamlining his team's output. Explore Positron: positron.posit.co Try Positron for free: positron.posit.co/download.html

Six months from today, YOU could be joining us at posit::conf! A topic I plan to explore is how we best borrow ideas from across different fields (from DS to DE, team-of-one to enterprise, etc.) Ironically, that's also one of the magical things about the conf 1/2

Our latest blog post shows we can deploy boosted tree models, such as xgboost, lightgbm, or catboost, directly into the database itself! Running predictionsfrom an xgboost model on 2.1 million observations in less than 10 seconds! posit.co/blog/deployi... #rstats #tidymodels #mlops

We’re thrilled to have Emily Riederer keynoting at #positconf 2026! A leader at Capital One and a champion for open science, Emily is the expert on bridging the gap between data science and engineering. ✨ Level up your workflow with us: pos.it/conf #rstats #pydata #DataEngineering #MachineLearning

Sharing upcoming CFP deadlines for some cool events 😎 did we miss any? Let us know. 💊 Bioc2026 (Seattle): Mar 20 bioc2026.bioconductor.org 🔧 dbt Summit (Las Vegas): Mar 21 www.getdbt.com/dbt-summit 📊 EARL 2026 (Brighton): Mar 31 earl-conference.com 💻 PyData Amsterdam: Apr 1 amsterdam.pydata.org

Neal Richardson (VP Engineering at @posit.co) is speaking at AI in Production 2026 🎉 His talk: MCP, or not MCP — a practical guide to when Model Context Protocol is the right tool, and when it isn't. Newcastle, 4–5 June. ai-in-production.jumpingrivers.com

I'm over the moon excited to the release of 0.5.0 of orbital 🛰️ This release adds full support for boosted tree, faster creation of orbital objects, optimization of execution! We can finally reliably predict with a xgboost model from a database! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/03... #rstats #tidymodels

Our latest blog walks through the latest release of the Positron Notebook Editor, focusing on two major friction-killers: ✔️ Zero-Code Data Profiling ✔️ Assistant & AI Quick Actions Read the blog: posit.co/blog/elimina...

New Great Tables post: recreating SEPTA timetables in Python! I'm a big fan of how transit networks display timetables, so @richmeister.bsky.social and I reproduced one by SEPTA! It was a quick experiment, and still a bit rough, but fun to try w/ Great Tables. posit-dev.github.io/great-tables...

In this edition of the @posit.co AI Newsletter, we share about new LLM features in RStudio, some vibe checks on the new GPT 5.4 / Qwen3.5 / Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite releases, and an overview of the Anthropic / Pentagon saga. Read it here: posit.co/blog/2026-03...

🗞️ Here's the latest edition of the Posit AI newsletter, your biweekly roundup of #AI news from Posit and beyond. This week's edition includes: Anthropic's dispute with the Pentagon AI functionality in RStudio New model releases And more! Read the newsletter here: posit.co/blog/2026-03...

How do you turn millions of data points into a single, iconic graphic? We’re bringing NY Times Graphics Editor Christine Zhang to the #positconf 2026 keynote stage! Come learn how she bridges the gap between complex analysis and public understanding. Register now: pos.it/conf

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...

"Can we just, like, dispense with that?" Phillip Cloud on why he wants his coding agents emotionless and task-focused. No cheerleading. No surfing metaphors. Just work. Listen on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/26Tr...) and Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...).

If you use #QuartoPub for any PDF documents for teaching and you need to meet impending PDF accessibility rules, upgrade to v1.9, add format: typst: pdf-standard: ua-1 to the YAML front matter, and it'll work!

I'm joining @libbyheeren.bsky.social and @ivelasq3.bsky.social at pos.it/dslab tomorrow to show you how to quickly and easily submit a dataset to #TidyTuesday! I can't wait to answer any questions you might have! #RStats #dataBS

gander 0.2.0 is now on CRAN! The package provides quick, granular AI assistance with #rstats code. This release substantially tightens up behavior in Quarto documents. Read more: github.com/simonpcouch/...

Meet Posit AI. Built for data scientists who want AI inside their RStudio workflow. Instead of black-box suggestions, Posit AI helps generate code you can inspect, understand, and rerun. Learn more: posit.co/products/ai?...

I presented at Shiny in Production 2025, an incredible conference hosted by @jumpingrivers.com up in Newcastle! I was glad to share the very latest from the Shiny team directly. The topics were bleeding edge at the time, so still new and relevant now. My video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxai...

mirai 2.6.1 is now on CRAN Launching daemons on Posit Workbench wasn't working for you with mirai 2.6.0? We've fixed it! `http_config()` now authenticates correctly for all Workbench installation types. Scale seamlessly from laptop to enterprise with mirai. mirai.r-lib.org #Rstats #Tidyverse

What happens after you outgrow your memory limits? Creator of pandas and Apache Arrow, Wes McKinney, takes the stage at #positconf2026 to discuss the next frontier of analytical computing and agentic software engineering. 👉 Grab your spot: pos.it/conf

#tidymodels now has its very first cheatsheet! "Preprocessing data with {recipes}" is now available in Web and PDF versions here: rstudio.github.io/cheatsheets/... #rstats #posit #rstudio

@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...

So many exciting events... with upcoming CFP deadlines! Which ones will you submit to? 🐍 SciPy (Jul 13-19, Minneapolis, MN): Mar 4 pretalx.com/scipy-2026/cfp 💊 R/Medicine (May 4-8, Virtual): Mar 6 rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... 🔵 UseR! (July 6-9, Warsaw, Poland): Mar 8 user2026.r-project.org

🗞️ Here's the latest edition of the Posit AI newsletter. This week's edition includes: The llama.cpp team joining Hugging Face A commenting interface for code reviews Cloud-hosted vs. local vs. open weights models And more! 📬 Read the newsletter: posit.co/blog/2026-02...

The future of #DataScience is at #positconf 2026. Check out our keynote lineup: Wes McKinney: Future of high-performance computing Christine Zhang: Data storytelling at NY Times Emily Riederer: Scaling open-source at Capital One Sara Altman & Simon Couch: AI-driven workflows Register: pos.it/conf

Announcing mirai 2.6.0! This framework for parallel & async computing in #RStats just got a major upgrade: HTTP Launcher (incl to Posit Workbench!), C-Level Dispatcher, process results as they finish, and synchronous mode . Learn more: tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

"Working with agents is a lot more productive, but a lot less fun." Charlie Marsh on the weird world of building software right now. Full conversation on The Test Set.

Still running R and Python in separate IDEs? Join our live webinar on March 3 to hear how Johnson & Johnson standardized on one multilingual platform with Positron. Real enterprise story. Regulated environment. Secure your spot → posit.co/webinar/from...

posit::conf(2026) call for talks may be over, but there are still many #RStats & #Python events where you can submit! Maybe we'll see you there: 🇬🇭 Ghana R Conference (Jul 9-10, Virtual): Feb 25 ghana-rusers.org 🐍 SciPy (Jul 13-19, Minneapolis, MN): Feb 25 pretalx.com/scipy-2026/cfp

Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2026) in Houston! We’re offering 40 full-support scholarships for underrepresented groups in data science. Includes: 🎟️ Conference+Workshop pass 🏨 Hotel stay ✈️ Travel reimbursement Apply by March 13: posit.co/blog/apply-t... #positconf2026 #rstats

I’m happy to announce Rapp v0.3.0 — a package that makes it easy to build and share polished CLI applications written in R. Read more: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

The newest edition of posit::glimpse() is here! 🚀 Read a roundup of major #RStats & #Python updates: ggplot2 4.0.0, dplyr 1.2.0, ellmer 0.4.0, Positron native Jupyter Notebook support , and more. 🎟️ Plus, registration for posit::conf(2026) is officially OPEN! Find it here: posit.co/blog/posit-g...

Announcing plumber2 0.2.0 for APIs in #RStats 🔧 plumber2 0.2.0 brings essential observability and authentication features to your R workflows: Native support for traces and metrics, streamlined request handling for higher throughput, and more! Read more: tidyverse.org/blog/2026/01...

Is your love for data statistically significant? ❤️ 📊 Treat your "significant other" (or yourself!) to posit::conf(2026) in Houston. Super Early Bird pricing is live right now—lock in the lowest rate for the year's premier data science event. Commit to your craft: pos.it/conf #positconf #rstats

🗞️ Here's the latest edition of the Posit AI newsletter, your biweekly roundup of AI news from Posit & beyond. This week's edition includes: posit::conf(2026) call for talks A step change in coding agents’ abilities METR’s time horizon eval & more! 📬 Read the newsletter: posit.co/blog/2026-02...

Registration is LIVE for posit::conf(2026)! Join us in Houston or virtually from Sept 14–16 for workshops, 100+ talks, & a whole lot of data science. ✨ Super Early Bird: Save on in-person tickets until April 10 ✨ Virtual Pass: $99 for a virtual day+livestreams Secure your spot: pos.it/conf

Connect or Connect Cloud? Learn the difference ☁️ Not sure which fits your R or Python publishing needs? Join us for a practical walkthrough of real workflows, internal vs external sharing, and when each product makes sense. 📅 Feb 19, 2026 🕛 12 PM EST Register: posit.co/webinar/publ...

From fragmented IDEs to one multilingual platform. Hear how Johnson & Johnson unified R and Python development with Positron to support reproducible, validated workflows in a complex enterprise environment. March 3, 2026 · 12:00 PM ET Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/AuMB5q-g3... #Data #Positron

Last week we released dplyr 1.2.0, but we left off something VERY important 🙂 `dplyr::if_else()` and `dplyr::case_when()` are now up to 30x faster and use 10x less memory! We dive into how we achieved these numbers in this new #rstats post! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

nanonext 1.8.0 is out - R now has a streaming HTTP/WebSocket server with bundled TLS. Runs alongside Shiny in the same process. We're already using it at Posit to explore new real-time capabilities. #Rstats #tidyverse tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02/nanonext-1-8-0/

Did you hear? 📣 BARC CEO Shawn Rogers is joining Posit CMO Bruno Trimouille for an exciting discussion on eliminating the structural gap between development and deployment. Register: posit.co/webinar/brid...