R Weekly Highlights

The power of choice is in full effect! How you can leverage GitLab to publish your next Quarto document online, how to bring key R functional paradigms to a Python session, and adding a larger safety net with your unit tests with {mutagen} 0.2.0.&nbsp;<br /><br />Episode Links&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Jon Carroll - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jonocarroll" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy" target="_blank">@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy</a> (Bluesky) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/carroll_jono" target="_blank">@carroll_jono</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/deploy-quarto-gitlab/" target="_blank">Deploying Quarto documents with GitLab</a></li><li><a href="https://jcarroll.com.au/2026/05/22/functions-over-idioms-rfuns/" target="_blank">Functions over Idioms - Writing R in Python with rfuns</a></li><li><a href="https://jakubsobolewski.com/blog/muttest-0_2_0/" target="_blank">muttest 0.2.0: More Mutators, Better Reporting, and Parallel Execution</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W22.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W22</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>Data Science at the Command Line <a href="https://datascienceatthecommandline.com/" target="_blank">https://datascienceatthecommandline.com/</a></li><li>DevOps for Data Science <a href="https://do4ds.com/" target="_blank">https://do4ds.com/</a></li><li>{pak} System Requirements <a href="https://pak.r-lib.org/reference/sysreqs.html" target="_blank">https://pak.r-lib.org/reference/sysreqs.html</a></li></ul><br />Supporting the show<br /><ul><li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact" target="_blank">https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" target="_blank">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" target="_blank">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li><li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" target="_blank">https://value4value.info</a></li><li>Get in touch with us on social media<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) and <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social" target="_blank">@mike-thomas.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky), and <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul><br />Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br />&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>Wrestling with Double Bass - Street Fighter II - Malcos - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01270" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01270</a></li><li>A Simple Flip can Change Fate - Final Fantasy VI - Level 99 - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02692" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02692</a></li></ul>

Applying novel statistical and visualization techniques to predict war duration, why there is more than meets the statistical eye behind a classical model benchmarking statistic, and celebrating a major milestone for pioneers in open science with R.&nbsp;<br />Episode Links&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Colin Fay - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@colinfay" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/colinfay.bsky.social" target="_blank">@colinfay.bsky.social</a> (Bluesky) &amp; [@_ColinFay]](<a href="https://twitter.com/_ColinFay)" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/_ColinFay)</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://freerangestats.info/blog/2026/05/13/war-durations" target="_blank">Durations of wars by </a><a href="https://github.com/ellis2013nz" target="_blank">@ellis2013nz</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.ephorie.de/learning-data-science-why-a-high-r2-can-be-misleading" target="_blank">Learning Data Science: Why a High R^2 Can Be Misleading</a></li><li><a href="https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/05/13/anniversary2026/" target="_blank">15 Years of rOpenSci, and We're Just Getting Started </a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W21.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W21</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>Correlates of war data set: <a href="https://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/cow-war/" target="_blank">https://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/cow-war/</a></li><li>tidymodels <a href="https://www.tidymodels.org/" target="_blank">https://www.tidymodels.org/</a></li><li>Donation to rOpenSci <a href="https://ropensci.org/donate/" target="_blank">https://ropensci.org/donate/</a></li><li>Upcoming rOpenSci events <a href="https://ropensci.org/events/" target="_blank">https://ropensci.org/events/</a></li><li>Software peer review <a href="https://ropensci.org/software-review/" target="_blank">https://ropensci.org/software-review/</a></li><li>R Pharma Hangouts recordings <a href="https://rinpharma.com/docs/hangout/recordings" target="_blank">https://rinpharma.com/docs/hangout/recordings</a></li></ul><br />Supporting the show<br /><ul><li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact" target="_blank">https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" target="_blank">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" target="_blank">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li><li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" target="_blank">https://value4value.info</a></li><li>Get in touch with us on social media<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) and <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social" target="_blank">@mike-thomas.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky), and <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul><br />Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>The Quick and the Blue - Mega Man 2 - The Megas - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090</a></li><li>Serenity &amp; Grace - Chrono Cross - timaeus222 - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04143" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04143</a></li></ul>

A massive milestone for the language that eventually led to the R we know and love, plus a comprehensive look at two popular workflow frameworks across the R and Python ecosystems.<br />&nbsp;<br />Episode Links&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Jon Calder - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jonmcalder" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmcalder" target="_blank">@jonmcalder</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://blog.r-project.org/2026/05/05/s-at-50/" target="_blank">S at 50</a></li><li><a href="https://jcarroll.com.au/2026/05/04/comparing-r-s-targets-and-dbt-for-data-engineering/" target="_blank">Comparing R's {targets} and dbt for Data Engineering</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W20.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W20</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>Fifty years of S poster <a href="https://blog.r-project.org/post/S-at-50/s_at_50_poster.jpg" target="_blank">https://blog.r-project.org/post/S-at-50/s_at_50_poster.jpg</a></li><li>Quarto 2: Parsing and Source Maps <a href="https://opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-05-07_quarto-2-parsing/" target="_blank">https://opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-05-07_quarto-2-parsing/</a></li><li>Beyond Feasibility: Learning from FDA’s Response to WebAssembly and Container-Based Submissions <a href="https://r-consortium.org/posts/beyond-feasibility-learning-from-fdas-response-to-webassembly-and-container-based-submissions/" target="_blank">https://r-consortium.org/posts/beyond-feasibility-learning-from-fdas-response-to-webassembly-and-container-based-submissions/</a></li></ul><br />Supporting the show<br /><ul><li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact" target="_blank">https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" target="_blank">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" target="_blank">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li><li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" target="_blank">https://value4value.info</a></li><li>Get in touch with us on social media<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) and <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social" target="_blank">@mike-thomas.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky), and <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul><br />Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>J-Type - Tetris - Nostalvania - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04401" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04401</a></li></ul>

If Shiny wasn't awesome enough, a new toolkit is bringing the awesome to new heights! Plus a handful of ggplot2 functions that can immediate impact common visualization operations, and knitr gains support for a much-hyped typesetting format for the static document crowd.&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />Episode Links&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://mbanand.github.io/ghpages/announcement/" target="_blank">Announcing shiny.webawesome: a web UI package for R/Shiny</a></li><li><a href="https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-ggplot2-functions/" target="_blank">Five ggplot2 functions I wish I’d known about earlier</a></li><li><a href="https://yihui.org/en/2026/04/knitr-typst/" target="_blank">Preliminary Support for Typst in knitr</a></li><li>Issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W19.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W19</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>Add links discussed in the episode (in place of this sentence)</li><li>{shiny.webawesome} documentation <a href="https://www.shiny-webawesome.org" target="_blank">https://www.shiny-webawesome.org</a></li><li>Web Awesome: The Web's Open Source Design System <a href="https://webawesome.com" target="_blank">https://webawesome.com</a></li><li>{lemon} Freshen up your ggplots <a href="https://github.com/stefanedwards/lemon" target="_blank">https://github.com/stefanedwards/lemon</a></li><li>ligt.js Miscellaneous lightweight tools and utilities in JavaScript <a href="https://github.com/yihui/lite.js/blob/main/js/pages.js" target="_blank">https://github.com/yihui/lite.js/blob/main/js/pages.js</a></li><li>R 4.6.0 binary transition <a href="https://github.com/eddelbuettel/R-4.6.0-binary-transition" target="_blank">https://github.com/eddelbuettel/R-4.6.0-binary-transition</a></li><li>Exploring and Learning Quantum Computing Part 1 <a href="https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/qc1/" target="_blank">https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/qc1/</a></li><li>Mike's talk "Fully Reproducible Model Validation Reports Using Docker, R, Quarto, {renv} and {targets}" <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=hRIbxv516hY" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=hRIbxv516hY</a></li></ul><br />Supporting the show<br /><ul><li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact" target="_blank">https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" target="_blank">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" target="_blank">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li><li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" target="_blank">https://value4value.info</a></li><li>Get in touch with us on social media<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) and <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social" target="_blank">@mike-thomas.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky), and <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul><br />Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Moonlight Vibin - Megaman X5 - DCT - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02053" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02053</a></li><li>Countdown to Infinity - Megaman X: Maverick Rising - WillRocky - <a href="https://maverick.ocremix.org/music.php" target="_blank">https://maverick.ocremix.org/music.php</a></li></ul>

How the new logrittr package gives you a peek behind the tidy pipelines of dplyr, and a fascinating glimpse into the universe of seeds going far beyond a favorite 80's song.&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />Episode Links&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Jonathan Kitt - <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jonathankitt.bsky.social" target="_blank">@jonathankitt.bsky.social</a> (Bluesky)</li><li><a href="https://guillaumepressiat.github.io/blog/2026/04/logrittr" target="_blank">logrittr: A Verbose Pipe Operator for Logging dplyr Pipelines</a></li><li><a href="https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2026/04/13/seeds-predetermined-universes/" target="_blank">Generating universes within universes with a single seed</a></li><li><a href="https://nrennie.rbind.io/talks/rladies-remote-r-tips/" target="_blank">Working Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks &amp; Real-World Lessons</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W18.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W18</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>tidylog <a href="https://github.com/elbersb/tidylog/" target="_blank">https://github.com/elbersb/tidylog/</a></li><li>logrittr documentation <a href="https://guillaumepressiat.github.io/logrittr/" target="_blank">https://guillaumepressiat.github.io/logrittr/</a></li><li>Fine-grained control of RNG seeds in R <a href="https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2023-12-27_seedcatcher" target="_blank">https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2023-12-27_seedcatcher</a></li></ul><br />Supporting the show<br /><ul><li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact" target="_blank">https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" target="_blank">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" target="_blank">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li><li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" target="_blank">https://value4value.info</a></li><li>Get in touch with us on social media<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) and <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social" target="_blank">@mike-thomas.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky), and <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul><br />Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Passing Breeze (Lounge Suite) - OutRun - Remorse - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00875" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00875</a></li></ul>