Our candid takes on the state of CRAN's role in light of recent package archival events, how creative use of LLMs could greatly streamline your next literature review, and a few great illustrations of lazy being a good thing in your R session.<br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Eric Nantz - <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@rpodcast@podcastindex.social</a> (Mastodon) & <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) & <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://arilamstein.com/blog/2025/02/12/is-cran-holding-r-back/" target="_blank">Is CRAN Holding R Back?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.seascapemodels.org/rstats/2025/02/12/LLMs-for-literature-reviews.html" target="_blank">How to use large language models to assist in systematic literature reviews</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.r-hub.io/2025/02/13/lazy-meanings/" target="_blank">Lazy introduction to laziness in R</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W08.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W08</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>A guide to contributing to open-source Python packages <a href="https://arilamstein.com/blog/2025/01/02/a-guide-to-contributing-to-open-source-python-packages/" target="_blank">https://arilamstein.com/blog/2025/01/02/a-guide-to-contributing-to-open-source-python-packages/</a></li><li>Continue <a href="https://www.continue.dev/" target="_blank">https://www.continue.dev/</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></li><li>Get in touch with us on social media<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@rpodcast@podcastindex.social</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">@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org</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) </li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Gurgling Desert Pond - Final Fantasy Random Encounter - blackguitar - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02555" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02555</a></li><li>Hotel Rhumba - Earthbound - The Pancake Chef - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00526" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00526</a></li></ul><br />
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