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 2024-W40 Highlights
OCT 2, 2024
Issue 2024-W40 Highlights
A monumental achievement for bringing the Nix package manager to reproducible data science, travelling deep through the in-place modification rabbit hole across multiple languages, and a sampling of sage advice from the Data Science Hangout.<br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Tony Elhabr - <a href="https://mastodon.skrimmage.com/@tonyelhabr" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyElHabr" target="_blank">@TonyElHabr</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://www.brodrigues.co/blog/2024-09-27-nix_part_13/" target="_blank">Reproducible data science with Nix, part 13 -- {rix} is on CRAN!</a></li><li><a href="https://jcarroll.com.au/2024/09/25/in-place-modifications/" target="_blank">In-Place Modifications</a></li><li><a href="https://posit.co/blog/lessons-from-four-senior-leaders-in-the-data-space/" target="_blank">Data Career Insights: Lessons from four senior leaders in the data space</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2024-W40.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2024-W40</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>rix rOpenSci review: <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/625" target="_blank">https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/625</a></li><li>Determinate Systems Zero to Nix guide <a href="https://zero-to-nix.com/" target="_blank">https://zero-to-nix.com/</a>&nbsp;</li><li>vec - A new vector class with added functionality <a href="https://jonocarroll.github.io/vec/" target="_blank">https://jonocarroll.github.io/vec/</a></li><li>rray - Simple arrays <a href="https://rray.r-lib.org/" target="_blank">https://rray.r-lib.org/</a></li><li>Libby Heeren's podcast Data Humans <a href="https://libbyheeren.com/podcast.html" target="_blank">https://libbyheeren.com/podcast.html</a> or <a href="https://datahumans.libsyn.com/site" target="_blank">https://datahumans.libsyn.com/site</a></li><li>A Bayesian Plackett-Luce model in Stan applied to pinball championship data <a href="https://sumsar.net/blog/bayesian-plackett-luce-model-pinball-competition/" target="_blank">https://sumsar.net/blog/bayesian-plackett-luce-model-pinball-competition/</a></li><li>&nbsp;Cover and modify, some tips for R package development <a href="https://masalmon.eu/2024/09/24/cover-modify-r-packages/" target="_blank">https://masalmon.eu/2024/09/24/cover-modify-r-packages/</a></li></ul>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>&nbsp;</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) 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">@mike<em>[email protected]</em></a><em> (Mastodon) and </em><a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank"><em>@mike</em>ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Torvus Clockwork - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - DarkeSword - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01507" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01507</a></li><li>Home is Where You Belong - Final Fantasy IX - Reuben Spears, Earth Kid - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04135" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04135</a></li></ul>
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52 MIN
Issue 2024-W39 Highlights
SEP 25, 2024
Issue 2024-W39 Highlights
How the latest release of patchwork is saving a cozy space for gt tables, a new package in the ggplot2 ecosystem to lend a guide for your guides, and a prime way of using R to brute-force the answer to a mathematical brain-teaser.<br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Tony Elhabr - <a href="https://mastodon.skrimmage.com/@tonyelhabr" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyElHabr" target="_blank">@TonyElHabr</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2024/09/patchwork-1-3-0/" target="_blank">patchwork 1.3.0</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/teunbrand/gguidance/" target="_blank">{gguidance}: Extended guide options for 'ggplot2'</a></li><li><a href="https://freerangestats.info/blog/2024/09/21/primes-squares" target="_blank">Prime numbers as sums of three squares. by @ellis2013nz</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2024-W39.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2024-W39</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>gt 0.11.0 release notes <a href="https://gt.rstudio.com/news/index.html#gt-0110" target="_blank">https://gt.rstudio.com/news/index.html#gt-0110</a></li><li>Being free from constraint <a href="https://www.data-imaginist.com/posts/2024-01-05-patchwork-1-2-0/#being-free-from-constraint" target="_blank">https://www.data-imaginist.com/posts/2024-01-05-patchwork-1-2-0/#being-free-from-constraint</a></li><li>gguidance: A guided tour vignette <a href="https://teunbrand.github.io/gguidance/articles/tour.html" target="_blank">https://teunbrand.github.io/gguidance/articles/tour.html</a></li><li>Create a free Llama 3.1 405B-powered chatbot on an R package's GitHub repo in &lt;1 min <a href="https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/create-a-free-llama-405b-llm-chatbot-github-repo-huggingface" target="_blank">https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/create-a-free-llama-405b-llm-chatbot-github-repo-huggingface</a></li><li>Ease renv::restore() by updating your repository to Posit Public Package Manager <a href="https://www.pipinghotdata.com/posts/2024-09-16-ease-renvrestore-by-updating-your-repositories-to-p3m" target="_blank">https://www.pipinghotdata.com/posts/2024-09-16-ease-renvrestore-by-updating-your-repositories-to-p3m</a></li></ul>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>&nbsp;</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) 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">@mike<em>[email protected]</em></a><em> (Mastodon) and </em><a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank"><em>@mike</em>ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Smoke &amp; Marbles - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Emunator, ZackParrish, Lucas Guimaraes - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04714" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04714</a></li><li>See Me Again - Valis III - tibonev - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04610" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04610</a></li></ul>
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42 MIN
Issue 2024-W38 Highlights
SEP 18, 2024
Issue 2024-W38 Highlights
Hide a picture of Homer Simpson in a residual plot of all places? Oh it's real, you could say "surreal!" Plus a data-driven approach to investigate recent changes to the Australian census, and a cautionary reminder to check just where those numbers are coming from the next time you build a prediction model.<br /><br />Plus the quest to make R the official language for the Coder Radio program reaps a new reward!<br /><br /><br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - <a href="https://mstdn.social/@R_by_Ryo" target="_blank">@R<em>by</em>[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/R_by_Ryo" target="_blank">@R<em>by</em>Ryo</a>) (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=surreal" target="_blank">{surreal} 0.0.1</a>: Create Datasets with Hidden Images in Residual Plots</li><li><a href="https://freerangestats.info/blog/2024/09/08/sex-gender" target="_blank">Gender and sexuality in Australian surveys and census</a></li><li><a href="https://win-vector.com/2024/09/09/please-version-data/" target="_blank">Please Version Data</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2024-W38.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2024-W38</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>Surfing the WSL Wave - Coder Radio episode 587 <a href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/coder-radio/587/" target="_blank">https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/coder-radio/587/</a></li><li>Brian (bhh32) on <a href="https://primal.net/p/npub1gw972dngerjd338n8gydyvh7ev28pgpl5ru0w9ru5dr3gcyxs9mqcn58gl" target="_blank">Nostr</a></li><li>surreal <a href="https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/surreal/" target="_blank">https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/surreal/</a></li><li>Residual Plots and Data Sets (archived version) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210927100125/https://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~stefanski/NSFSupported/HiddenImages/statresplots.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20210927100125/https://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~stefanski/NSF<em>Supported/Hidden</em>Images/stat<em>res</em>plots.html</a></li><li>Labels for Technical Writing Projects <a href="https://ropensci.org/blog/2024/09/12/labels-writing-projects/" target="_blank">https://ropensci.org/blog/2024/09/12/labels-writing-projects/</a></li><li>Express to Impress: Leveraging IBCS Standards for Powerful Data Presentations <a href="https://medium.com/number-around-us/express-to-impress-leveraging-ibcs-standards-for-powerful-data-presentations-3c3a269f0ec0" target="_blank">https://medium.com/number-around-us/express-to-impress-leveraging-ibcs-standards-for-powerful-data-presentations-3c3a269f0ec0</a></li></ul><br /><br /><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>&nbsp;</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) 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">@mike<em>[email protected]</em></a><em> (Mastodon) and </em><a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank"><em>@mike</em>ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Moonlight Vibin' - Mega Man X5 - DCT - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02053" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02053</a></li><li>You Are Not Confined - Final Fantasy IX - Sonicade - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064</a></li></ul>
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40 MIN
Issue 2024-W37 Highlights
SEP 11, 2024
Issue 2024-W37 Highlights
How being fair to your research has a new and important meaning than what you may expect, the power you can unlock with custom roxygen tags, and a collection of tips you can apply today for your next visualization.<br /><br /><br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - <a href="https://twitter.com/batool664" target="_blank">@batool664</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2024/fair-blog/" target="_blank">Making your blog FAIR</a></li><li><a href="https://masalmon.eu/2024/09/03/roxygen2-custom-tag/" target="_blank">Create and use a custom roxygen2 tag</a></li><li><a href="https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-ways-improve-chart-axes/" target="_blank">Five ways to improve your chart axes</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2024-W37.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2024-W37</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>httr2: Perform HTTP requests and process the response <a href="https://httr2.r-lib.org/" target="_blank">https://httr2.r-lib.org/</a></li><li>Athanasia's GitHub Actions workflow files <a href="https://github.com/drmowinckels/drmowinckels.github.io/tree/main/.github/workflows" target="_blank">https://github.com/drmowinckels/drmowinckels.github.io/tree/main/.github/workflows</a></li><li>maestro: Orchestration of data pipelines <a href="https://whipson.github.io/maestro/" target="_blank">https://whipson.github.io/maestro/</a></li></ul>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>&nbsp;</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) 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">@mike<em>[email protected]</em></a><em> (Mastodon) and </em><a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank"><em>@mike</em>ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Crysis Crystal - Mega Man 9: Black in Blue - k-wix - <a href="https://backinblue.ocremix.org/index.php" target="_blank">https://backinblue.ocremix.org/index.php</a></li><li>Of Whips and Strings - Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania - Super Guitar Bros. - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02480" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02480</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>
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49 MIN
Issue 2024-W36 Highlights
SEP 4, 2024
Issue 2024-W36 Highlights
A peek behind the curtain of how R handles that batch of code you send to the console, an adventure in automating the translation of Quarto documents to multiple languages, and there's no time like the present to give your code a little linting love.<br />Episode Links<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://blog.r-project.org/2024/08/30/long-input-lines/" target="_blank">Long input lines</a></li><li><a href="https://edenian-prince.github.io/blog/posts/2024-08-21-translate-md-files/" target="_blank">Translating Quarto (and other markdown files) into Any Language</a></li><li><a href="https://masalmon.eu/2024/08/28/lintr-3-steps/" target="_blank">Get your codebase lint-free forever with lintr</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2024-W36.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2024-W36</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.r-consortium.org/blog/2024/08/26/news-from-r-submissions-working-group-pilot-3-successfully-reviewed-by-fda" target="_blank">News from R Submissions Working Group – Pilot 3 Successfully Reviewed by FDA</a></li><li><a href="https://apps.machlis.com/shiny/rstats/" target="_blank">Mastodon Accounts Posting About #RStats</a></li></ul>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>&nbsp;</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) 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">@mike<em>[email protected]</em></a><em> (Mastodon) and </em><a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank"><em>@mike</em>ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Torvus Clockwork - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - DarkeSword - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01507" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01507</a></li><li>Sleep, My Sephy (Judgement Day) - Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream - Pot Hocket - <a href="https://ff7.ocremix.org/" target="_blank">https://ff7.ocremix.org/</a></li></ul>
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44 MIN