Stop playing "diagnostics ping-pong" with your users 🏓 Wrote about why every R package wrapping external tools needs a sitrep() function — with real examples from meetupr and freesurfer. #RStats https://drmo.site/F5gVjR

Good news: The posit::conf(2026) Call for Talks has been extended to Friday, February 20! Join us in Houston to share your work with the R & Python community. 🎤 Speakers receive: Professional coaching, free conference pass, travel assistance Submit your 20-min talk proposal: pos.it/conf-talk-2026

Speak at posit::conf(2026) and share your R & Python stories! Accepted speakers get: ✨ Travel & lodging help ✨ Free conference pass ✨ Professional coaching Apply by Feb 6 to join us Sept 14-16 in Houston, TX! Submit here: pos.it/conf-talk-2026 #positconf2026 #rstats #pydata

Join us this summer in Visby, Sweden 🇸🇪 for RaukR 2026, a 2-week intensive R summer school 👨‍💻👩‍💻 to take your R skills 📊 beyond the basics. Sign up now for early bird offer! @nbis.se @scilifelab #rstats #r #datascience #code #bioinformatics #nbisweden #raukr go.nbis.se/raukr-2026/

I'm reminded of how handy the usethis::browse_*() functions are and thought I'd remind people they exist. Choose from a menu of links or go straight to CRAN or GitHub. #rstats

This gives a fantastic framing of how to think about reproducibility (it's a spectrum) and how to use renv with intention. Highly recommend, even if you're not using renv, to get a better understanding of how to live in peace as R and package versions advance 🕊️ #rstats

My keynote about data science tools at posit::conf is now online! I originally meant it to be a talk about Positron, but as I was writing it, it took a left turn through the history of RStudio and into the philosophy of tool design & how to build stuff for people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGre...

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...

Will definitely include this example in my next talk on how to name files! ✅ Full marks for "make it easy to guess what the heck something is, based on it name".

I loved discussing "Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction" with @simisani.bsky.social & R-Ladies Gaborone! Check out the recording and materials: 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOQ... 📝 ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro... I hope this intro is better than the one between my three cats 😹

I'm excited to share a new version of the Air formatter for #rstats, with support for tabular formatting! Super useful with `tibble::tribble()` calls or `data.table::fcase()`. It's currently experimental as we're looking to get feedback on the feature, so please let us know what you think.

BTW this "Frequency Reduces Difficulty" post from @martinfowler.com is the origin of the mantra "if it hurts, do it more often" (at least, it's where I learned it). It's amazing how broadly this applies. martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...

I bet the whole reason he's thinking about this is that I was complaining to him (to everyone, really) about the pain of using Windows full-time while my macbook's logic board gets replaced. And he brought out the house words "if it hurts, do it more often!"

Ever run `install.packages()` and wish it were faster, smarter, and more reliable? The {pak} package speeds things up with parallel downloads, dependency solving, and reproducible installs. 📦 pak.r-lib.org #RStats

Air is our incredibly fast R code formatter! Come learn all about it at 2:40pm in Regency V in the Sparking Development Joy session!! We also have hex stickers! #positconf2025 #rstats

The equivalent of the Bechdel test for a tech-ish event is “is there a line for the womens bathroom?” and #positconf just passed with flying colours 😅

Whole entire extra day of #positconf, anyone? All Virtual!! Come hang with me on Tuesday Sept 16th (day before talks!) from 11am to 4pm ET. We'll have an AMA with Rich Iannone, a full talk session, a DS Hangout style Q&A session, and a Trivia Night game with swag prizes!! #databs #rstats #python

Does Jenny Bryan #VibeCode? 🤔 She shared on the Hangout that she's been thankful that she gets to learn #rust and #typscript in the age of #AI and these are her thoughts on #LLM use. (We really need a #RubberDuck emoji 🦆) #rstats #databs #VibeCoding #DSHangout #python

If you attend *ONE* Data Science Hangout this year, make it this week's hangout with JENNY BRYAN. Trust me ✨ Thursday, July 31st at 9AM PT / 12PM ET - a casual conversation with Jenny powered by YOUR questions. Feel free to lurk or hop in the chat. #rstats #databs pos.it/dsh 👈🏼 👀 (register here!)

Take a quick tour of Positron, Posit's next-generation data science IDE, built by the creators of RStudio. Read the blog to learn more: posit.co/blog/a-quick...

I seriously recommend reading the comments on this one. An incredible collection of annoying website sign-in behaviours.

We're happy to announce that there will be another #rstats Tidy Development Day after the 2025 posit::conf in Atlanta! www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...

Ready to plan your #positconf2025 adventure? The posit::conf(2025) agenda is LIVE, packed with incredible workshops, keynotes, and talks. Plan your perfect conference with Sam Parmar's Agenda Chat Bot, powered by #RStats shinychat, ellmer, and ragnar. Check it out! posit.co/blog/posit-c...

RaukR is an #rstats summer school (~1.5 weeks) I've taught at a few times. Highly recommended for content (of course I'm biased 😁), smooth organization, and an amazing location (Visby 🏰 on the island of Gotland in Sweden 🇸🇪). Intrigued? Sign up to get notified when RaukR 2026 opens for registration.

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

Deep thought of the morning ☕🤔 Custom LLM instructions will usher in a golden age for contributor docs. Now there's a whole new level of motivation to create these and actually keep them current.

I'm excited to go to #useR this year and will be offering a half-day tutorial on Positron with @juliasilge.com. I just realized the last in-person #useR I attended was 2019 in Toulouse 😅 I hope to see lots of #RStats folks in August 😎

Come for the detailed #PositConf2025 schedule, stay for the unpredictable rollercoaster of serious 🤓 and unhinged 🤪 session titles! #RStats #Python

Two days until the Tongs Election

Hopefully the US will experience a similar about face in future 🤞 (Reminder: Color conventions are the opposite of those in US. Red is more like Democrat, blue is more like Republican.)

We're delighted to announce Jonathan McPherson – software architect at Posit – as keynote speaker at posit::conf(2025)! If you're curious about how thoughtful design principles can improve the data science tools you use, you won't want to miss this! Join us Sep 16-18 in Atlanta. pos.it/conf

Canadians seem to be realizing that maybe they don't want their own mini-Trump after all. The colors associated with the 2 main parties are basically the opposite of the convention in the US. This shows a dramatic improvement for the Liberals (red, ~Dems) relative to the Conservatives (blue, ~Rep).

Shopping in Canada be like 🇨🇦

@lionelhenry.bsky.social and I are so excited to finally announce Air - an extremely fast R code formatter! 🎉 With Air, you'll never need to worry about styling your #rstats code ever again. All you need to do is save, and Air takes care of the rest. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/02...

Tuesday February 18th, @josefina-bernardo.bsky.social will talk us through the second part of Daily workflows in our online #rstats R-Ladies boookclub around the book Happy Git and Github for the useR, by @jennybryan.bsky.social. Want to join us? See www.meetup.com/rladies-den-...

Vancouver is the latest to boo the Star-Spangled Banner

The US national anthem just got booed at the Toronto Raptors game tonight. This doesn’t happen. The anger is real. #TrumpTradeWar (🎥 William Lou)

Resonant words from the Auschwitz Memorial today: “Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. Hatred was gradually developed. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through dehumanization & violence to systematic & industrial murder. “Auschwitz took time.”

Sometimes when building a minimal reprex for a bug, you discover that you were the bug all along. I assume this is what Kafka was on about.

We've added an article about RStudio's Rproj files and how to adapt related workflows, if you're starting to kick the tires on Positron. If this interests you, check it out 👀 positron.posit.co/rstudio-rpro... #rstats #rstudio #positron

We’re thrilled to offer Opportunity Scholarships for posit::conf(2025)! These aim to support folks typically underrepresented at similar confs. If you know anyone who'd be a good candidate – perhaps you! – apply by Feb 21: pos.it/opp-scholar-2025 #DataScience #positconf2025 #rstats #pydata

Tuesday January 21, Michelle Borley Verstraaten talks about Git Fundamentals in our #rstats #rladies boook club around @jennybryan.bsky.social 's Happy Git and Github for the useR! Still possible to join us (#rladies Bergen, - Den Bosch, - Amsterdam) , more info at www.meetup.com/rladies-den-...

We're delighted to announce Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social – psychologist for software teams – will be a keynote speaker at posit::conf(2025)! Discover psychology tips for better dev teams and much more at conf. Register at pos.it/conf #PositConf2025 #DataScience #OpenSource #Python #RStats

Speak at posit::conf(2025)! posit::conf(2025) is coming to Atlanta, GA in Sept, and we're looking for talks on data science with R & Python. Learn more: posit.co/blog/speak-at-posit-conf-2025/ Deadline Feb 3! #positconf2025 #rstats #python #pydata #datascience

This datetime stupidity is new to me! This slide digitizing gadget lets you associate specific metadata when you scan an image. But once you go past 1980 it circles around to 2050 🤯 Wouldn’t you think that most images stuck in slide form are from before 1980 🤔

I just got a "Spotify Wrapped"-inspired email from my ... eSIM provider 🤔 I appreciate the hustle, but I don't think this concept really transfers.

Exciting news! We just onboarded posit.co to @opensourcepledge.com edging out @sentry.io as the largest member company by number of developers, and launching us well past the $2M ARR mark for Open Source. How's that for a holiday surprise? 😍🎅💃 Welcome aboard, Posit! 👏

Registration for posit::conf(2025) just opened. More program details will be gradually rolling out. If you're into 📦 #rstats package development 📦 (or want to be!), check out my workshop.