ryan scharf
@ryanscharf.bsky.social
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maker, rstats, serial hobbyist, tampa bay rowdies & sun, professional data person
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for anyone transitioning to bluesky, here are some things to get started starter packs for interests -
blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs
find twitter people on bsky -
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
custom feeds to follow -
blueskydirectory.com/feeds
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Starter Pack - Bluesky Directory
Recommended custom feeds and users to help communities find each other.
https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs
11 months ago
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He's Just Standing There... MENACINGLY
5 days ago
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The NWSL is upping the ante on 'pretty privileged' with #1 here.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
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Plugging the R!sk 2026 conference on here because I haven't seen it posted yet!
#rstats
#databs
#datascience
rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/
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R!sk 2026
https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/
23 days ago
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Plugging the R!sk 2026 conference on here because I haven't seen it posted yet!
#rstats
#databs
#datascience
rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/
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R!sk 2026
https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/
23 days ago
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Libby Heeren
about 1 month ago
The LLM privacy question comes up (rightly so) on every data community call I'm on. I've had sooo many questions myself.
#databs
#rstats
#pydata
Good resource:
posit.co/blog/trust-l...
Also, have you seen side::kick in RStudio?
simonpcouch.github.io/side/
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Privacy and AI Assistants - Posit
Many of our LLM tools can execute code and access your files. What does this mean for privacy?
https://posit.co/blog/trust-llm-tools/
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i've seen 3 different people mention Zed this week. what's the deal with it?
#rstats
#datascience
about 1 month ago
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Etienne Bacher
about 1 month ago
#rstats
Please welcome Jarl, a new R linter. Jarl is a CLI tool with extensions in VS Code, Positron, and Zed. It can check thousands of lines of R code in milliseconds. Jarl provides several output formats, a Github Actions workflow, and more. Blog post:
www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2025-1...
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Darakhshan Nehal
about 2 months ago
Me, a python newbie! :(
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in 2012, you could get your halloween burrito at chipotle for $2. now that same 'deal' is for a $6 burrito, which is nearly what the menu price for a chicken burrito was back in 2012.
about 2 months ago
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Dr. U
about 2 months ago
Try CTRL + /
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the hardest
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/ vscode-style-shortcut for me to remember, so far, has been ctrl +k, c to comment/uncomment blocks of code
#databs
#rstats
about 2 months ago
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{fs} is one of those extremely dope R packages that I always forget about. the OS specific file path management functions are 👌
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about 2 months ago
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baby's first: discord bot, rust package, github action, dockge deployment
2 months ago
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birding is having such a good year that even the blue jays made it to the world series.
2 months ago
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for anyone transitioning to bluesky, here are some things to get started starter packs for interests -
blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs
find twitter people on bsky -
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
custom feeds to follow -
blueskydirectory.com/feeds
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Starter Pack - Bluesky Directory
Recommended custom feeds and users to help communities find each other.
https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs
11 months ago
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Did a very BRAVE homeowner thing and took my bag with all the assorted screws and THREW THEM ALL OUT
2 months ago
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Libby Heeren
2 months ago
Hey,
#databs
and
#rstats
- would you forgive me using these hashtags to ask for help finding a new area to live? My husband and I need an affordable farm-ish to move to in the
#NewEngland
area! Where do you love to live?! We need >= 1 acre + access to medical, & can't afford to live near the coast
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Celebrating the little wins in 2025. I've been hearing barred owls in my neighborhood over the last year but haven't seen one until tonight 🪶
#birds
#wildlife
2 months ago
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is
shinyapps.io
deprecated to make way for Connect Cloud? I'm used to publishing to shinyapps from RStudio but just realized that it's not available in
#positron
right now.
#rstats
#databs
3 months ago
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remember when it felt like we heard talks about the ethical use of machine learning for like half a decade and then LLMs came out and the industry was like "jk"
3 months ago
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Noam Ross
3 months ago
A month or two ago someone posted a link to their really amazing set of LLM system instructions for writing
#rstats
code with good tidy/NSE patterns. (They were also good for humans!) Does anyone recall who or where that was?
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Whoever came up with the 'Copilot' branding must've been the same person that coined 'Redwood National and State Parks'. Constantly explaining the difference between M365 Copilot, Github Copilot, and now Azure OpenAI Copilot endpoints is tiresome.
#databs
3 months ago
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Randy Au
3 months ago
This week on Counting Stuff. Layoffs! I'm in search for a job now! It sucks but here we are! Now's the ideal time to give me money in exchange for time or a project. Or if you just have leads in quantitative/data/researchy positions across NYC or remotely
www.counting-stuff.com/looking-for-...
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Looking for work, surprise edition
I always told my wife this newsletter was my backup plan...
https://www.counting-stuff.com/looking-for-work-surprise-edition/
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Randy Au
3 months ago
DataBS Conf is TOMORROW!! 10am to about 5pm EDT, a bunch of talks of all the nitty gritty BS that happens behind the scenes while working on data. Tickets are free, sign up and join us!!
ti.to/databsconf/d...
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DataBS Conf
"Data, Behind the Scenes" is a free-to-attend online-only, single track conference centered on the real stories of data work from the folks in the trenches. We’re not here for the latest AI hype, perf...
https://ti.to/databsconf/databs-conf
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mfw i write an error handling function that has an example and then check() throws an error on it
#rstats
4 months ago
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Andrew Heiss
4 months ago
#rstats
question! Now that {purrr} has built-in support for parallelization with {mirai} and in_parallel(), should we still be using {furrr} and future_map()? Or is the best practice going forward going to be purrr::in_parallel()?
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Parallel processing in purrr 1.1.0
The functional programming toolkit for R gains new capabilities for parallel processing and distributed computing using mirai.
https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07/purrr-1-1-0-parallel/
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I'm really curious to what thoughts on this are. I do feel like the shiny ecosystem has a 'missing middle' when it comes to apps that aren't quite for a full enterprise but also require a bit more setup than
shinyapps.io
can offer.
#databs
#rstats
#datascience
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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Taylor Rodgers 📊📈
5 months ago
I have a single R Shiny application to deploy that needs secured database connections and user authentication. shinyapps. io can't do both, and I have feeling Posit Connect Cloud is gonna charge too much for just for SSO. What do folks here think about Shiny Server vs Shiny Proxy instead?
#rshiny
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Randy Au
4 months ago
Data Behind the Scenes Conference free registration is open! Wed Sept 24, ~10am-5pm EDT. Online-only, single track. Join data folks as they share experiences with how data work is done in production, thorns & disturbing hacks and all! (Pls help get the word out 📈)
ti.to/databsconf/d...
#dataBS
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DataBS Conf
"Data, Behind the Scenes" is a free-to-attend online-only, single track conference centered on the real stories of data work from the folks in the trenches. We’re not here for the latest AI hype, perf...
https://ti.to/databsconf/databs-conf
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I, too, am very close to becoming a hurricane.
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4 months ago
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how the email finds me
5 months ago
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NWSTampaBay tweeted that Tampa broke the 100F barrier. in 135 years of record keeping, Tampa proper has never hit that mark before due some geographic quirks of the city, but that streak ends now. It's horrifying to see these records continually, and increasingly becoming broken.
5 months ago
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Is there an analyst at a wiper fluid company that has been witnessing the collapse of the biosphere through a downward trend of sales?
5 months ago
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I'm "my kid asked me if Tony Hawk was a real person" years old
6 months ago
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trying to be patient here,
@tampabaysunfc.bsky.social
6 months ago
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Another trophy for our PRESCIOUS Tampa Bay!
#energizethebay
#tampabaysun
6 months ago
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just Big Ohio trying to remediate their image
7 months ago
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Nicholas Murray
7 months ago
Tampa Bay Sun FC will host Fort Lauderdale United FC in the inaugural
#USLSuperLeague
Final on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will stream live on Peacock, tickets are available through SeatGeek ->
seatgeek.com/tampa-bay-su...
www.uslsuperleague.com/news/2025/06...
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Tampa Bay Sun FC to host Fort Lauderdale United FC in 2025 USL Super League Final - USL Super League
Both teams will square off at Riverfront Stadium next Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET; Stream live on Peacock Tampa Bay Sun FC will host Fort Lauderdale United FC in the […]
https://www.uslsuperleague.com/news/2025/06/08/tampa-bay-sun-fc-to-host-fort-lauderdale-united-fc-in-2025-usl-super-league-final/
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We have had to hear about base
#rstats
vs tidyverse for a decade now but I've never once seen a base python vs pandas argument.
7 months ago
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Positron now automatically rethemes graphs in accordance with your IDE theme. This caught me be surprise!
#rstats
#datascience
7 months ago
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I haven't watched a rowdies game in a few weeks because I've been enjoying the sun and AFC Wimbeldon winning. I thought Ii might tune into the Jagermeister cup game to see them beat up on a lower division, but here we are.
7 months ago
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Libby Heeren
7 months ago
NICK & I STILL NEED 2 MORE CONTESTANTS!! Ping me if you think a for-funsies data gameshow sounds like a good time & you're available from about 8-10pm East/5-7pm Pacific Thursdays in June
#rstats
#python
#databs
What's Viz Buzz? A gameshow by
@nickwan.bsky.social
! Check it:
youtu.be/rvnG7W4UI6I?...
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Viz Buzz Episode 1 Highlights
YouTube video by Nick Wan
https://youtu.be/rvnG7W4UI6I?feature=shared&t=21
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i'm not even a firetruck guy, but i just found out about these and boy do i WANT it.
7 months ago
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My homegrown tomatoes have been coming in and they are HITTING
7 months ago
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That game day feeling
7 months ago
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tracking the tampa bay sun's journey to selling out their last home, regular season, game of the season has been unreasonably fun for the last few days! the line didn't trend down how i thought it would, but it's going down nonetheless
7 months ago
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Christian Gebhard 🧬📊
7 months ago
library(tidyverse) hist(penguins$body_mass_g)
#rstats
#ggplot2
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watching Copy of Road to Kathmandu 1977 on youtube, look at google maps at their stops, read Wikipedia article for Buddhas of Bamiyan, click on Mullah Omar to see that he died from tuberculosis. damn, everything IS tuberculosis.
7 months ago
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does anyone actually like rauchbier? who wants smoked beer ever?
7 months ago
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"hope this email finds you well" how the email found me: 🪶#birds
7 months ago
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