Working on Arrow in Positron and PR comments are showing up inline! 😍 OK, I'd been a bit hesitant to move away from RStudio as I was used to it, but this is a game changer! I know this is a VS Code extension thing not a Positron thing, but VSCode was a bit meh for R, so rarely used it! #rstats

rainbowR is gonna have a conf! They have a call for talks open until Dec 8th. Submit for full or lightning talk in these categories: - showcasing how rainbowRers use R - working with LGBTQ+ data conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html You can follow them at @rainbowr.org ✨ #rstats #databs #rainbowR

We’re #hiring at Jumping Rivers! Data Scientist: Work on client projects, modelling, dashboards, and training. Looking for 2–3 years of experience in data science. 📍 Newcastle upon Tyne (UK-wide considered) Apply: jumping-rivers.welcomekit.co/jobs/data-sc... #TechJobs #DataScience

Before I go setting up a CI job to automate it, does anyone know if there's a reliable way of finding out when CRAN update their extra checks: cran.r-project.org/web/checks/c...? #rstats

Wait, is Pluribus about AI? Actually, how can it not be...

Call for abstracts for the first ever @rainbowr.org conference is still open! We're looking for talks that either 🦄 Showcase how our diverse community uses #RStats 🏳️‍🌈 Use LGBTQ+ data Get in your abstracts before December 1st. conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html #queerdata #PrideinSTEMDay

#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...

My talk from posit::conf 2025 is now online! 🎉 It's about my early experiments in using LLMs to be more productive; what went well, what didn't, & what I learned, in the hope it can be useful to other people experimenting with AI workflows 🧪 🤖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nhD... #rstats #llms #ai

Last week I posted about using structured output in {ellmer} to turn text into data, but a friend pointed out that the LLM had mixed up the words "conscious" and "consciousness" in its summary. So how can we fix that? 🧵(1/3) #rstats #llms #ai

Fascinating blog post on LLM accuracy in data analysis, demonstrating how relying on prompt engineering doesn't guarantee accuracy - we still need human intervention. When plotted data was not as expected by the LLM, even cutting edge models were wrong >90% of the time! posit.co/blog/introdu...

Really fantastic guide by Lada Kesseler about working with AI coding agents. 📖🤖 It's divided into: - Obstacles: limitations you're likely to run into ⛔ - Anti-patterns: common mistakes people make 👎 - Patterns: strategies and best practices 🦸‍♂️ lexler.github.io/augmented-co...

If you've ever fought with {renv}, you *have* to go watch Shannon's talk from posit::conf. I had soooo many 💡 moments the first time I saw it!

I'm *loving* structured outputs in {ellmer} for extracting data from text directly into R objects, removing the need to write pedantic prompts about output format! 😻 Here's a quick example - extracting info about Kendrick Lamar from his Wiki page. gist.github.com/thisisnic/e4... #rstats #llms

We’re excited to announce the release of {arrow} 22.0.0 🏹📦 Here’s a roundup of the new features and changes, in a 🧵 Full details can be found at arrow.apache.org/docs/r/news/ #rstats

Fantastic keynote by Wes McKinney @ #EARL2025 - personal highlights: 🧏 AI is less of a threat to data science as requires human judgment 🤔 AI becoming the new literacy 🗣️ Learn to use coding agents and AI, & articulate reviews 📖 Spend more time reading code, less time writing #ai #rstats #python

Great talk by @romainfrancois.bsky.social on how xeus-r makes it easier to work with #rstats in Jupyter; it's simpler than IRkernel and in combination with WebR opens up a ton of cool possibilities for in-browser Jupyter+R 🎉 #EARL2025

Anyone else been using Jupyter notebooks for year and didn't know the etymology of the name?! #EARL2025

🚀 The 4th edition of the Posit AI Newsletter is out! This biweekly, bite-sized update by @sara-altman.bsky.social and @simonpcouch.com covers Claude Sonnet 4.5, OpenAI investments, situational awareness, and more. Read the full issue here: posit.co/blog/2025-10...

Seriously cool stuff from @shikokuchuo.net on mirai+ellmer+shiny+httr2 with otel for telemetry at Shiny in Production! You can use it to improve the performance of your Shiny apps by getting really granular information about it what's going on! #rstats

A delightfully concise history of #rstats from @colinfay.bsky.social at Shiny in Production 🔥

Piano lesson was awesome this afternoon & reminded me of why it's way more fun as an adult - my teacher is on board with my goal of "learning stuff to play that my friends & I can sing along to when drinking" and was very enthusiastic when I sheepishly admitted I've been learning Mr Brightside! 🎹🥳 🍸

Just added Air to the Arrow CI jobs 🪂 It's an R formatter written in Rust, and so fast I genuinely had a "wtf?!" moment the first time I used it. Would love to see a similar linter; if I had the time, I'd love to try building one - need to get acquainted with tree-sitters one day! 🌳 #rstats

Loooove this post by @veerle.hypebright.nl on Shiny and LLMs! 🤖 shiny.posit.co/blog/posts/s... ⚡️ Handle requests asynchronously so multiple users don't block each other ⚡️ Provide visual feedback when components are loading ⚡️ Catch errors & display user-friendly messages #rstats #llms #shiny

🤩 My code produced when using LLMs to work on #rstats code got waaaaay better after I read this blog post by @simonpcouch.com on his Claude setup! www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2025-07...

Apache Arrow will be 10 soon! 🥳 At the Arrow summit, PMC chair @enpiar.bsky.social reflects on the keys to longevity: ⭐ Social components are as important as the technical ⭐ Build relationships with other projects & make newcomers feel welcome & empowered ⭐ Culture is what makes the difference

At #positconf, it was the Pacman rule, and at #pydata Paris, it's the camembert rule! 😁🤣

I’ve just received permission to make a PR against a repo I’ve been dreaming of making for EIGHT YEARS. I couldn’t be happier. And it’s all thanks to @niccrane.bsky.social More details at Shiny in Production 😄

I'm exited to announce a new resource about making slides with quarto and revealjs. This book is the combination of all the work I have done in this area, reordered and polished up There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily slidecrafting-book.com #quarto

I'm considering writing a proposal for R Consortium ISC funding to write a free & open source book on LLMs/AI in R. Advice out there is scattered between different resources. Wondering if this is something the wider #rstats community would be interested in, & what folks would like to see in there?

If you've ever gotten stuck with {renv} you need to check out Shannon Pileggi's talk at #PositConf25 - learning soooo much! #rstats

Learning some really cool stuff about running parallel purrr locally with mirai at #PositConf2025

I brought a couple of extra copies of my book 'Scaling Up with R and Arrow' to share with folks at #positconf, which are free to the first couple of people to give me a shout in person! 🏹

Jonathan McPherson just mentioned datapasta at the opening keynote of #positconf, so I'm sharing this once again to share the magic, for all those discovering it for the very first time ❤️ #databs #rstats

Landed in Atlanta for posit::conf(2025)! ✈️ Excited to catch up with old friends & meet new ones! I also have consulting capacity available for 2026; if you'd like to talk about working together, get in touch. Also on lookout for collabs; main focuses: 1. Arrow / Parquet / DuckDB 2. LLMs in R

We’re thrilled to have @niccrane.bsky.social and @christophscheuch.bsky.social join our team to co-develop our flagship async course, SynergiZing ML & LLMs in R. We’ve also welcomed @albertrapp.bsky.social to lead our monthly membership track. 👉 Early access updates here: athlyticz.com/ai-signup

If you're interested in LLMs and Shiny together, you absolutely *have* to check out this blog series - Veerle packs in so much great advice about how to build LLM-powered Shiny apps! 🤖🌐 #rstats #llms #shiny shiny.posit.co/blog/posts/s...

We’re excited to announce the release of {arrow} 21.0.0 for R 🏹📦. Here’s a roundup of the new features and changes, in a 🧵 Full details can be found at arrow.apache.org/docs/r/news/ #rstats

Excited for Posit::Conf 2025 and Cat Hicks’ keynote! Cat has some done some fascinating work on AI skill threat how software cultures shape developers’ beliefs about their abilities - would recommend checking it out! www.drcathicks.com/post/new-res... #llms #ai #positconf

Thinking about building a Big Data in R training course - could be self-paced or live. If you've used Arrow (or want to), can you spare 3 mins for a quick survey? Your input will shape what I make. forms.gle/H68h7NSoAfXX... #rstats

Forget code generation - use ChatGPT as an intelligent tutor to learn skills that persist. I based this experiment on academic research about learning. It was super fun, & I was genuinely surprised by how effective it was. 🔗 Write-up here: niccrane.com/posts/llms_f... #rstats #llms #ai #chatgpt

My useR! 2025 talk on using LLMs in R focuses on small experiments which were quick to build to explore how LLMs actually fit into a typical R workflow. If you're experimenting with LLMs yourself, I'd love to hear what's been useful or not! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_8... #rstats #genai #useR2025

The virtual useR! 2025 event is happening tomorrow (August 1). There's still time to register. Claim your spot, for free, before time runs out! The program: user2025.r-project.org/program/virt... Registration: user2025.r-project.org/register #useR2025 #rstats

Loved speaking at Openscapes HackHours about LLMs in (and around) Shiny! 🥳 I’m not an LLM expert but focus what works (& what doesn't!) when using LLMs in production 🤖 Small examples, common pitfalls, & some very cool tools from Posit’s dev repo 🤩 github.com/thisisnic/ha... #rstats #llms #shiny

Apache Arrow Summit 25 is happening! Join us in person on October 2nd, in Paris (hosted by @pydataparis.bsky.social ). The Call For Proposal is open, submit your talks before July 26th: sessionize.com/arrow-summit...

Great catch up this morning with Raul + Alenka about maintaining Arrow. No one holds the whole codebase in their head - & that’s fine. Pick a bit, ask questions, keep things moving. Code helps, but so do comments and nudges. Even the experienced folks are still learning. #opensource #apachearrow

Currently taking a look at refreshing some of the #ApacheArrow and #PyArrow docs, so if you use Arrow in #rstats or Python and there's any areas you'd like to understand better, give me a shout, and we'll see what we can do!

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

From June, I’ll be taking on limited consulting work via my new practice, NC Data Labs → ncdatalabs.com If your team needs support with production R, internal R tooling, or Shiny/package dev, I’d like to hear from you! #rstats #rinprod

AI + Shiny: A Perfect Match? I put Cline, an AI coding assistant, to the test by building a Shiny app for NYC restaurant health data. 🚀 The results? Some wins, some quirks, and some useful lessons learned. Check out my experience: 🔗 niccrane.com/posts/clines... #rstats

Iterated on my {shiny} app for generating social media posts using the {ellmer} package! Now it's an R package with better structure and platform-specific prompts. Check out the process: https://buff.ly/4hBsewH #rstats