R Weekly Highlights
R Weekly Highlights

R Weekly Highlights

Eric Nantz

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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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Issue 2026-W09 Highlights
FEB 27, 2026
Issue 2026-W09 Highlights
Choice is good, but sometimes you may want a little help! Our first two highlights showcase approaches you can take to inform your next LLM for analyses and open-source license. Plus how to make your mark(s) within your version control history.&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />Episode Links&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Sam Parmar - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@parmsam" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/parmsam_" target="_blank">@parmsam_</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4130274/how-to-choose-the-best-llm-using-r-and-vitals.html" target="_blank">How to choose the best LLM using R and vitals</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/pick-a-license-not-any-license" target="_blank">Pick a License, Not Any License</a></li><li><a href="https://masalmon.eu/2026/02/15/stitch-markers-git-commits/" target="_blank">Git commits: please mark your stitches!</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W09.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W09</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>rollama - R wrapper to Ollama <a href="https://jbgruber.github.io/rollama/" target="_blank">https://jbgruber.github.io/rollama/</a></li><li>Opps, Git! How to recover from common mistakes workshop <a href="https://r-posts.com/oops-git-how-to-recover-from-common-mistakes-workshop/" target="_blank">https://r-posts.com/oops-git-how-to-recover-from-common-mistakes-workshop/</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>Seven Pipes to Heaven - Super Mario Land - Nostalvania - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03256" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03256</a></li><li>You Are Not Confined - Final Fantasy 9 - Sonicade - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064</a></li></ul>
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50 MIN
Issue 2026-W08 Highlights
FEB 20, 2026
Issue 2026-W08 Highlights
A glimpse into the R Consortium Submissions Working Group's recent successes and future work, and a new way to view those nested lists from a familiar face making his return to blogging!&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />Episode Links&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/batoolmm.bsky.social" target="_blank">@batoolmm.bsky.social</a> (Bluesky) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/batool664" target="_blank">@batool664</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://r-consortium.org/posts/submissions-wg-2026/index.html" target="_blank">Submissions Working Group: 2026 Plans and 2025 Success</a></li><li><a href="https://yihui.org/en/2026/02/xfun-tabset" target="_blank">Viewing Nested Lists with xfun::tabset()</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W08.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W08</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>R Consortium Submissions Pilot 4 <a href="https://rpodcast.quarto.pub/submissions-wg-pilot-4/" target="_blank">https://rpodcast.quarto.pub/submissions-wg-pilot-4/</a></li><li>R-Podcast Episode 18 (Yihui Xie Returns) <a href="https://r-podcast.org/024-rstudioconf-yihui-xie/" target="_blank">https://r-podcast.org/024-rstudioconf-yihui-xie/</a></li><li>litedown: R Markdown Reimagined <a href="https://yihui.org/litedown" target="_blank">https://yihui.org/litedown</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>A Toadstool Mix - Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Reuben Spiers, Gamer of the Winds - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04064" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04064</a></li></ul>
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Issue 2026-W06 Highlights
FEB 4, 2026
Issue 2026-W06 Highlights
A prominent leader at the intersection of data science and data engineering across multiple languages shares her insights, how a recent Git workshop tailored for data science de-mystifies common pitfalls, and for the second straight episode a new transpiler bringing dplyr syntax to databases (quite literally).&nbsp;<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://emilyriederer.com/talk/test-set-pod/" target="_blank">The Test Set Pod - Column selectors, data quality, and learning in public</a> (<a href="https://posit.co/thetestset/episode/emily-riederer-column-selectors-data-quality-and-learning-in-public/" target="_blank">Episode link</a>)</li><li><a href="https://rladiesrome.org/talks/2026/meetup/01292026_federicagazzelloni.html" target="_blank">Git &amp; GitHub: Practical Version Control for Data Work</a></li><li><a href="https://discindo.org/posts/2026-01-29-duckdb-dplyr/" target="_blank">dplyr comes to duckdb</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W06.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W06</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br />&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>Risk Conference 2026 Agenda (Mike is presenting!) <a href="https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/program.html" target="_blank">https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/program.html</a></li><li>libdplyr <a href="https://github.com/mrchypark/libdplyr" target="_blank">https://github.com/mrchypark/libdplyr</a></li></ul><br />Supporting the show<br />&nbsp;<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>Lost Woods Inglewood - Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - BenCousins - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00853" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00853</a></li><li>Aerobotics - Mega Man 8 - Just Coffee - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03323" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03323</a></li></ul>
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35 MIN
Issue 2026-W05 Highlights
JAN 28, 2026
Issue 2026-W05 Highlights
The way LLMs can be a little stubborn when interpreting data visualizations, bringing new meaning to digging for your data and learning along the way, and the latest addition to the futureverse that seems too good to be true, but it is real! Plus an amazing Shiny app tailored made for this very podcast.&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://posit.co/blog/llm-plot-interpretation/" target="_blank">LLMs interpret plots well, until expectations interfere</a></li><li><a href="https://methodsblog.com/2026/01/22/students-software-and-soil-flux-lessons-learned-from-development-of-a-package-to-estimate-soil-carbon-flux-at-national-ecological-observatory-sites-across-the-united-states/" target="_blank">Students, software, and soil flux</a></li><li><a href="https://www.jottr.org/2026/01/22/futurize-0.1.0/" target="_blank">futurize: Parallelize Common Functions via a "Magic" Touch</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W05.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W05</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br />&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>{bluffbench} <a href="https://simonpcouch.github.io/bluffbench/" target="_blank">https://simonpcouch.github.io/bluffbench/</a></li><li>{neonSoilFlux}: An R package for continuous sensor-based estimation of soil CO2 fluxes <a href="https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210x.70216" target="_blank">https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210x.70216</a></li><li>Building an R Weekly Highlights Podcast Assistant! <a href="https://jokasan.github.io/r-weekly_chatbot/" target="_blank">https://jokasan.github.io/r-weekly_chatbot/</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>Sunken Secrets - Super Mario 64 - Fishy - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02909" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02909</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>
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Issue 2026-W04 Highlights
JAN 23, 2026
Issue 2026-W04 Highlights
The inside story of how Claude Code with the proper scope provided a massive boost to drafting hundreds of pull requests, and debunking the myth on settling for compromises when prioritizing accessibility principles as demonstrated by a prominent leader in the visualization space. Plus we address candid feedback on last week's discussion on the tinyshinyserver package.&nbsp;<br /><br /><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.davisvaughan.com/posts/2026-01-09-claude-200-pull-requests/" target="_blank">Semi-automating 200 Pull Requests with Claude Code</a></li><li><a href="https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessible-line-chart/" target="_blank">How to create a more accessible line chart</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W04.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W04</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br />&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>Risk Conference hosted by the R Consortium (February 18-19, 2026) <a href="https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/" target="_blank">https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/</a></li></ul><br />Supporting the show<br />&nbsp;<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>Divinity - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Nostalvania - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03442" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03442</a></li></ul>
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33 MIN