R Weekly Highlights

Eric Nantz
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R Weekly Highlights

The R Weekly podcast offers a quick description of the latest highlighted stories and other stories from the latest R Weekly issue, as curated by the R Weekly team and R community.

  1. 10 HR. AGO

    Issue 2025-W06 Highlights

    Context is king in a trifecta of R packages harnessing LLMs to be your virtual assistant in package development and data science, plus the world (of data) is at your fingertips for data exploration and sharing your insights using the innovative closeread Quarto extension. Episode Links This week's curator: Jonathan Kitt - @jonathankitt.bsky.social (Bluesky)Three experiments in LLM code assist with RStudio and PositronGapminder: how has the world changed?Downloading datasets from Our World in Data in REntire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W06Supplement Resources From hours to minutes: accelerating your tidymodels code https://youtu.be/pTMiDHFIiPQ?si=4qZC3_NLUVhD5hAaEffecient Machine Learning with R https://emlwr.org/Closeread: Bringing scrollytelling to Quarto https://youtu.be/KqLxy66B3lQ?si=w7DIB4QhYk2u6cLGCloseread Posit contest submissions https://forum.posit.co/tag/closeread-prize-2024Extract Information From Images and PDFs With R & LLMs  https://3mw.albert-rapp.de/p/extract-information-from-images-and-pdfs-with-r-llmsusgs geological survey mapping water https://waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/acs-maps/Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix Costa del Sol DANCE - Final Fantasy VII - posu yan - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00095Aerobotics - Mega Man 8 - Just Coffee - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03323

    47 min

  2. JAN 29

    Issue 2025-W05 Highlights

    Ready to bring your next presentation slides to the world of Quarto? Our first highlight has a batch of power tips you can use for your next slide deck. Plus terrific insights from first-time contributors to open-source software. Episode Links This week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Seven tips for creating Quarto revealjs presentationsFrom Novice to Contributor: Making and Supporting First-Time Contributions to FOSSEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W05Supplement Resources Emil Hvitfeldt's blog https://emilhvitfeldt.comGitHub Desktop https://github.com/apps/desktopGitKraken https://www.gitkraken.com/lazygit https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygitCoworking mini-hackathons https://ropensci.org/blog/2025/01/24/coworking-hackathons/ ShinyConf 2025 https://www.shinyconf.comPosit::Conf 2025 https://posit.co/conference/Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music powered by OCRemix The Narshemellow - Final Fantasy VI Balance & Ruin - XPRTNovice - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03141

    34 min

  3. JAN 22

    Issue 2025-W04 Highlights

    Bringing a little tidy magic to creating flowcharts in R, how data.table is addressing recent shifts in R's C APIs, and another showcase of R's visualization prowess in the realm of brain imaging.  Episode Links This week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @R_by_Ryo@mstdn.social (Mastodon) & @rbyryo.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @R_by_Ryo) (X/Twitter)Flowcharts made easy with the package {flowchart}Use of non-API entry points in data.tableIntro to working with volume and surface brain data Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W04Supplement Resources flowchart - R package for drawing participant flow diagrams directly from a dataframe using tidyverse https://bruigtp.github.io/flowchartMermaid - Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaidDiagrammeR - Graph and network visualization using tabular data in R https://rich-iannone.github.io/DiagrammeR/RNifti https://github.com/jonclayden/RNiftigifti https://github.com/muschellij2/giftiCRAN Cookbook https://r-consortium.org/posts/user-friendly-technical-cookbook-style-cran-guide-for-new-r-programmers-ready/2024 Posit Year in Review https://posit.co/blog/2024-posit-year-in-review/Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music powered by OCRemix Secrets Abound (Matoya's Cave) - Final Fantasy: Random Encounter - Midgarian Sky - https://encounter.ocremix.org/Succumb to the Wilderness - Wild Aarms: ARMed and DANGerous - Level 99 - https://armed.ocremix.org/

    51 min

  4. JAN 15

    Issue 2025-W01 Highlights

    The R Weekly Highlights podcast returns for Our first episode of 2025! We learn how hosted and self-hostem LLM's perform in the summarization of Bluesky R posts, as well as how models hosted on Azure infrastructure summarize cycling destinations. Lastly, we visit the visualization corner once again to bring a little (or a lot) of color in your next graphics created with R. Episode Links This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batool664 (X/Twitter)Bluesky conversation analysis with local and frontier LLMs with R/Tidyverse.Harnessing Azure OpenAI and R for Web Content Summarisation: A Practical Guide with rvest and tidyverseWorking with colours in REntire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W01Supplement Resources Rasa open-source documentation https://rasa.com/docs/rasa/Brand.yml https://posit-dev.github.io/brand-yml/{rix} updates https://docs.ropensci.org/rix/news/index.htmlStrategic Investment Analysis: Key Questions Generated by DoTadda’s Knowledge Platform https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2024-12-26/Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music powered by OCRemix Peacemaker - Sonic Adventure - halc - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02187The Quick and the Blue - Mega Man 2 - The Megas - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090

    48 min

  5. 12/18/2024

    Issue 2024-W51 Highlights

    An evolution of asynchronous programming techniques to boost your Shiny apps, how a puzzle from over a century ago could tip the scales for mathematics algorithms solvable in R, and solving the recent 2024 Advent of Code puzzles with data.table. Episode Links This week's curator: Colin Fay - @colinfay@fosstodon.org [@_ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/_ColinFay) (X/Twitter) @colinfay.bsky.socialParallel and Asynchronous Programming in Shiny with future, promise, future_promise, and ExtendedTaskWriting Signed Trinary: or, Back To the Four Weights ProblemAdvent of Code with data.table: Week OneEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W51Supplement Resources Futureverse - A Unifying Parallelization Framework in R for Everyone https://www.futureverse.org/Non-blocking operations with ExtendedTask https://shiny.posit.co/r/articles/improve/nonblocking/Asynchronous Shiny apps with crew and mirai https://wlandau.github.io/crew/articles/shiny.htmlBachet’s Four Weights Problem https://rworks.dev/posts/four-weights/Advent of Code 2024 https://adventofcode.com/Lime Bikes Summary Dashboard https://jokasan.github.io/Lime_Dash/Chapter image credits Advent of Code https://thenewstack.io/advent-of-codes-programming-puzzles-set-new-global-record/Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix J-Type - Tetris - Nostalvania - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04401I Just Skipped Time Yesterday - Puyo Puyo - Rexy - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03941

    40 min

  6. 12/11/2024

    Issue 2024-W50 Highlights

    The future of R-Universe looks even brighter for 2025 and beyond, revisiting the key factors for possibly switching to the Positron IDE, and why there is more than meets the eyes when it comes to the potential of LLMs and AI (even in highly-regulated industries). Episode Links This week's curator: Eric Nantz - @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @theRcast (X/Twitter)R-Universe Named R Consortium’s Newest Top Level ProjectPositron vs RStudio - is it time to switch?Summer is Coming: AI for Shiny, R, and PharmaEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W50Supplement Resources rOpenSci Blog Post https://ropensci.org/blog/2024/12/03/r-universe-r-consortium-tlp/Positron IDE - A new IDE for data science https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2024/positron/Fun with Positron https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2024/07/08/fun-with-positron/Open VSX Registry https://open-vsx.orgPower Mode Extension https://open-vsx.org/extension/hoovercj/vscode-power-modeJoe Cheng's slides from R/Pharma keybote https://jcheng5.github.io/pharma-ai-2024/#/title-slideR Consortium Submissions Pilot 2 Shiny Application https://github.com/RConsortium/submissions-pilot2Daniel Sebanes Bove & Joe Cheng - Discussion of R/Pharma Keynote https://youtu.be/AU1MmcXYnJ0?si=A3V9JHYdZLiz-lvvPractical Tips for Using Generative AI in Data Science Workflows https://youtu.be/rPeOdc8jTSE?si=APtIhpRqlh2I_Ek1Apple Music Wrapped in R https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2024/12/04/apple-music-wrapped-r/Predicting Best Picture at the 2025 Academy Awards https://www.markhw.com/blog/oscars2025Navidrome - Your Personal Streaming Service https://www.navidrome.org/Scrubbing your music with Maloja https://wenkdth.org/posts/maloja-scrobbling/Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix The Traveling Band's Last Song - Wild Arms: Armed and Dangerous - Artem Bank - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02588Secrets Abound - Final Fantasy - Midgarian Sky - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02452

    1h 1m

  7. 12/04/2024

    Issue 2024-W49 Highlights

    As the holiday season enters the picture, learn how a humble R package helps you to give thanks to the contributors of your open-source package. Plus a practical introduction to missing value interpolation with a tried-and-true R package with a rich history, and a comprehensive analysis to predict an NBA superstar's next shot result (who has made a lot of shots already in his career). Episode Links This week's curator: Jon Carroll - @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @carroll_jono (X/Twitter)Give Thanks with the allcontributors PackageHow to Interpolate Missing Values in R: A Step-by-Sthttps://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors/?tab=readme-ov-file#contributorsep Guide with ExamplesPredicting NBA Score Plays - Steph Curry ShotsEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W49Supplement Resources allcontributors - Acknowledge all contributors to a project https://docs.ropensci.org/allcontributors/Contributor section of {allcontributors} README https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors/?tab=readme-ov-file#contributorszoo - S3 Infrastructure for Regular and Irregular Time Series https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/zoo/index.htmlmice - Multivariate Imputation by Chained Equations https://amices.org/mice/naniar - Data structures, summaries, and visualization for missing data http://naniar.njtierney.com/hoopR - Data and tools for men's basketball https://hoopr.sportsdataverse.org/BasketballAnalyzeR - Analysis and Visualization of Basketball Data https://github.com/sndmrc/BasketballAnalyzeR/tree/masterOptimizing R/Shiny App Performance with Advanced Caching Techniques https://www.appsilon.com/post/r-shiny-caching-techniquesSupporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix Diddy Kong Luau Party - Diddy Kong Racing - Guifrog - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02794From Downtown - NBA Jam - ktriton, Mustin, Steve Lella - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02111

    44 min

  8. 11/27/2024

    Issue 2024-W48 Highlights

    What a way to close out the month of November with this batch of highlights! The ultimate teaser for the first-ever native mobile Shiny application (and yes, it is real), how you can expand your network on Bluesky from the friendly confines of R, and the potential of the S7 object-oriented paradigm to streamline and validate function parameters. Plus late-breaking news on the integrations of Bluesky and Quarto! Episode Links This week's curator: Tony Elhabr - @tonyelhabr@skrimmage.com (Mastodon) & @TonyElHabr (X/Twitter)You’ve Been Waiting for Native Mobile Apps with R? The Wait Is Over.Expand your Bluesky network with R and the atrrr packageS7 & Options objects - reimagining readr::read_csv()Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W48Supplement Resources Obtainium: Get Android apps straight from the source https://github.com/ImranR98/ObtainiumF-Droid: Free and open-source Android app repository https://f-droid.org/en/{atttr} Wrapper for the AT protocol behind Bluesky https://jbgruber.github.io/atrrr/Bluesky network analyzer https://bsky-follow-finder.theo.ioBluesky comments extension (James Blastula) https://quarto.thecoatlessprofessor.com/bluesky-comments/Bluesky comments for Quarto (Garrick Aiden-Buie) https://pkg.garrickadenbuie.com/quarto-bluesky-comments/Classes and objects (S7 documentation) https://rconsortium.github.io/S7/articles/classes-objects.html{roxy.shinylive} A roxygen2 extension for Shinylive https://insightsengineering.github.io/roxy.shinylive/main/Introducing WebR to TLG Catalog (Pawel's talk from R/Pharma 2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaoDUrUscZASpotify Wrapped: R and ggplot2 Edition https://rpubs.com/colebaril/spotify-wrappedNavidrome: Your personal music streaming service https://www.navidrome.org/Tailscale https://tailscale.com/Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix Cammy's London Drizzle - Super Street Fighter II - MkVaff - https://sf2.ocremix.org/Voodoo, Roots 'n Grog - Secret of Monkey Island - Diggi Dis feat. Alex Jones - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02180

    48 min
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The R Weekly podcast offers a quick description of the latest highlighted stories and other stories from the latest R Weekly issue, as curated by the R Weekly team and R community.

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  • Creator
    Eric Nantz
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    195
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 Eric Nantz
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    R Weekly Highlights

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