We have published a video #tutorial on the Monash SoDa Replicator, a template for #reproducible #academic #research : youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #git #github #tex #ai #replication #productivity #collaboration

David Kreitmeir and I published the synthetic matching method from Kreitmeir et al. (2025) as an #rstats package on CRAN (cran.r-project.org/package=synt...). Whereas my other recent R packages are primarily wrappers of my C++ code, synthReturn is a full R package (Fortran only in dependencies).

My cppcontainers #rstats package (cran.r-project.org/package=cppc...) is back on CRAN. The functionality remains unchanged. It had just been archived on CRAN a few months ago because of NA placeholder values that threw compiler warnings in exotic builds on macOS. #cpp #datascience

Enjoying my first time at @defcon.bsky.social. Amazing talks, demos, etc. so far. And I met famous journalist @jackrhysider.bsky.social whose inspiring work got me interested in #infosec in the first place. I am gathering a lot of insights for my own research.

#AI is even better than I am in adding seg faults to my code 😅. Maybe vibe coding a Fibonacci heap into my spatial analysis was not the best idea. #cpp

I tried #Positron today. Forking and customizing VS Code instead of further pushing RStudio was a good choice. RStudio is not bad, but Positron seems nicer (and better for #rstats development than VS Code itself). Good job @posit.co👍.

There is a lot of childish discussion on the future of #rstats recently on this platform. #rstats is my main language and I will stick to it for a while. However, posts calling it perfect and denouncing any critique as invalid are ridiculous. #rstats has flaws that can threaten its future. 1/n

I need to put together a deep learning model and I do not know whether I should go with #pytorch or #tensorflow + #keras. I have a little experience in the latter and none in the former. What would you recommend for someone who does not care about how pythonic a tool is?

I just had to install the most intrusive #software of my life. It automatically starts at boot, but does not show up in the OS's auto startup list. It does not have an exit button or settings. I have to shut down the background process in the process viewer/ task manager each time. 🫣

The new version of my spaths #rstats package (cran.r-project.org/package=spaths) removes the edge limit (previously 2^31 - 1). Do you need to handle 10 billion edges with custom transition functions? No problem, spaths can do that. #graph #theory

Over the course of the past years, I have received a number of emails asking why conleyreg (my first #rstats package) and fixest produce different results. Contributors to an issue in fixest's GitHub repo have now shown that both are economically correct. The assumptions just differ.

I am curious to see, if data editors are ready to download a TB of data per spatial project.

My wife is looking for a #job in #Melbourne, Australia. - #Chemical #engineer specialized in #water #treatment - Master's degree - Multiple years of experience in water treatment and science education - Fluent in 4 - 6 languages - Can start immediately Feel free to reach out for further questions.

I just published a #blog post on #housing #affordability: medium.com/@cdueben/the.... It aims to create a better intuition of how the housing market works. The post uses simple, non-technical language to communicate the topic to a broad audience.

I received my absentee ballot documents for the #German #federal #election today. The election is in three days and I live in Australia. Thanks for sending this on time 😄. #Bundestagswahl #Briefwahl

#CRAN needs maintainer elections driven by the #Rstats community. CRAN's current maintenance is unbearable.

My new way of managing my #research projects' to-do lists: #GitHub issues (with authors assigned to them). (i) More persistent than scribbled down notes from meetings and conferences. (ii) Easy to reference in code commits. (iii) Separate topic-specific written discussion with coauthors. 1/2

Does anyone have advice on how to reduce #political #propaganda in the feed? I welcome political news, but most of my feed is more manipulation attempt than news. Here on #Bluesky it is primarily left wing ideology, while X has also lots of right wing propaganda. How do I get a more neutral focus?

I am looking for contributors for my conleyreg #Rstats package. I keep getting feature requests, but am not going to do anything beyond basic maintenance myself. This is a great opportunity for aspiring R package #developers. The following issue outlines some details: github.com/cdueben/conl...

You are welcome to contribute to my R packages. It is a great opportunity for anyone aspiring to transition from procedural empirical analysis code to package development. I will try to make the size of my commits more collaboration-friendly 😄. #rStats #openSource #scientificSoftware

Most #economists do not have formal training in #programming and usually stick to whatever language they learned as undergraduate students. In my experience, broadening the coding horizon can enhance empirical #research producitivity. A thread 🧵.

My new R package cppcontainers is now on CRAN: cran.r-project.org/package=cppc.... C++ STL containers in R. The package's vignette states its motivation: cran.r-project.org/web/packages.... It is my most quickly developed and most widely applicable package so far. #rstats #cpp #datascience

Finishing up my dissertation, I wrote a tool to clean up bibtex files. Not managing my bibtex files through citation software, I find this tool pretty handy. github.com/ChristianDue... #latex #bibtex #academicpublication #research #phd #cpp #code

I am happy to announce the publication of my spaths package's latest version: github.com/ChristianDue.... The software computes shortest paths in gridded data. It is heavily computationally optimized and customizable. #RStats #Cpp #GraphTheory #GIS #EconTwitter