The future of LLMs has to be local right? Like, I get why training requires a data center (and a bunch of stolen data), but with increasing efficiency, local application of those models is heading toward being trivial

Did you know you can search for R packages by what they do, as opposed to just their names? Look! 👉🏼 rwarehouse.netlify.app @kylieainslie.bsky.social made The Warehouse for just this purpose. Send it to a new R programmer today ❤️ because it's the resource we all wish we'd had at some point #rstats

Curious about folks experiences with Posit Workbench. Alternatives you've tried that you've hated or liked? Pros and cons?

Pretty disappointed Anthropic is forcing opencode to drop Pro/Max support. opencode is really the best experience of all the LLM CLI tools out there today. And the avoidance of vendor lock-in is really great.

SNOTEL: Anyone else unable to access either the Rest or SOAP APIs or is it just my stuff? Anyone know what's going on? Site said they were down for maintenance last night and now this.

I noticed opencode doesn't have a default LSP for #rstats. I'm a bit confused as to what custom LSP should be used with opencode as there seems to be air, Ark, and languageserver. Anyone have thoughts?

Got dang it.

Quarto Wizard 2.0.0 is out! Native extension management, batch operations, multi-extension selection, private repo support, and a new documentation website. Upgrade today: mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2026-0... #QuartoWizard #Quarto #VSCode #PositronIDE

Always bad with hashtags. Obviously #datascience

A slew of improvements to NUTS statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/11/a...

Positron is building up dev container support! This is big! github.com/posit-dev/po... #rstats #python

What are your data science strategies for managing medium to big data in the context of version controlled code? Ideally in a way that is agnostic to OS and language and is fairly cheap and can be hosted on prem or in the cloud. DVC? Symbolic links? Something else? #rstats #python #julialang

The community in this thread is one of the reasons I really like #rstats. So many genuine and helpful people.

Getting {renv} and {pak} to play nicely together in a docker container is a nightmare #rstats

We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions! We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family: - `filter()` to keep rows - `filter_out()` to drop rows - `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers Read more and leave feedback here: github.com/tidyverse/ti...

This has me cackling. Thank you @hadley.nz

Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp.... genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.

Looking to use Quarto inside Positron, our new IDE for data science? We’ve released a video and guide for getting started. Positron makes Quarto easy: Quarto is pre-installed, you get dedicated buttons for tasks like "Preview," and full coding support. Learn more: posit.co/blog/create-...

📢 PSA: The R-Forge server is under attack from hackers and hence web access (e.g., for package installation) is currently down. #rstats The team at WU Wien is working on it. I'll report here when it is back up again.

Cline+OpenRouter in Positron is amazing

Git pull/merge requests intimidate me. What really helped you understand them? And how do you usually do them in a way that helps the person making the request get good feedback while also ensuring the code is in good shape (outside of tests -- code isn't at that stage, yet)? Web? Local?

New #QuartoPub extension! Quarto output styling adds CSS rules for computational output, warnings, and messages for #rstats, #python, #julialang, and #observablejs - use the default styles, minimal styles, or add your own custom CSS andrewheiss.github.io/quarto-outpu...

Where are the communities focused on data science, engineering, analytics, etc in the public utilities sector? Especially water. Trying to find my nerds

Say you have some observations and a black box model (e.g., compiled and you can't change anything about it). You can programmatically manipulate the model parameters and compare results to observations. That's it. What tool do you use to tune the parameters? Bonus for any #bayesian tools

Given a focus on scientific computing I prefer #julialang for speed and readability, but I'm Rust curious. Is there a rust equivalent to rcpp for #rstats?

One thing I really #rstats had was a way to view a help file for a local function just using roxygen2 decorators. I'm lazy, I don't want to build a package

*Another* blog post about @posit.co's Positron! Its Remote Explorer feature lets you connect to other computers via SSH, including locally-running Docker containers, which means you can write and run code in version-locked #rstats environments! www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/07...

Thanks for trying it out! Check out this button in the plot pane for opening in editor or new window and the "colorize" extension for coloring hex codes and other colors:

Ever wonder how the #tidyverse came to be? 🤔 #TheTestSet's first episode features @hadley.nz on his accidental empire of #RStats packages, bear encounters, and more! Stream it at thetestset.co, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. #DataAnalytics #PodcastLaunch

Bleeding edge update for the #tidyverse purrr package with even more seamless #rstats parallel maps. Introducing our shiniest new adverb: `in_parallel()`. Just wrap your function to take advantage of blazing fast parallel processing via mirai. pak::pak("tidyverse/purrr") purrr.tidyverse.org/dev/

Anyone have an example of setting up and using @duckdb.org's ducklake in #rstats, yet? Preferably with dbplyr or duckplyr

Positron is getting roxygen skeletons! github.com/posit-dev/po... #rstats

What are your favorite ways to model time series? Bonus for models that can accomodate [0, Inf) bounded data and sharp spikes in seasonality, where the onset of the spike varies over time

Congress has just released a list of federal DOI offices to be closed under the ongoing massacre of our natural resource agencies -- it's extensive and includes many important NPS, BLM, USGS and USFWS facilities across the country. Truly horrific. democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/do...

The latest release of the {mvgam} #rstats 📦 has hit CRAN. Plenty of exciting new features including Joint Species Distribution Models, support for the full range of Gaussian Process kernels available in the {brms} 📦 and plenty more nicholasjclark.github.io/mvgam/news/i...

Did you know the LTER maintains a thriving job board? From REU positions to faculty hires, our sites have dozens of openings each year. Several just got posted! You can check them all out here: lternet.edu/opportunities/

Did not realize that when you explicitly add types to variables in #python functions you can access all the methods and other IntelliSense stuff from within the function. Legit question: Does something like this exists for #rstats (using #positron here)?

Been playing with pixi, trying to make just absolutely cursed environments and not only does it resolve fast, but it _fails_ fast. Would recommend.

I know I'm fighting the current here (🥁), but when talking about data lakes and data swamps, the two terms should be reversed as swamps tend to have a lot more structure and feedbacks (e.g., governance) maintaining their integrity

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Published today: our paper on the ~100 year ice record on Mohonk Lake, a mtn top lake in upstate NY. Ice is forming later, and variability in duration and ice clearance has increased substantially. Notably, recent years have seen intermittent ice cover. bit.ly/mohonkWinter

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Per @anatolii.nz's suggestion, I gave @posit.co's Positron a whirl using WSL's GUI and it worked! This is seriously cool. #rstats #python

I first read this years ago when it was given to participants in an environmental leadership training, and it's been hugely helpful. They also offer this cheat sheet of evidence-based practices to help give our nervous systems a break and manage burn out.

Tenure Track Faculty Opening at Carnegie Mellon in Decarbonization, Climate Change Adaptation, & Related Fields. Please share airb your networks or consider applying. One reason I left a think tank for CMU is because CMU has a lot of folks working on energy & climate. 🔌💡 apply.interfolio.com/154848

I'd love to include a bunch of examples of what you can use LLMs for in the elmer documentation to inspire #rstats developers? What cool tools have you used or created? (Bonus points if they have public R code I can link to).

Wait, wait, what?! I can now run Linux GUI apps in Windows directly from WSL? That is magical. I still like running dockerized stuff with RStudio Server, but this is a great option to have. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window... #rstats #wsl2

Are there power companies or federal entities trying to identify pumped hydro opportunities in mountain areas? Pumped hydro still seems like the most viable energy storage option at the moment.