It's not every day that we get to dive into a brand new release of R, but we get to do just that in episode 202! We share our takes on the major new features of R 4.5.0. We also preview the re-imagination of the engine powering R-based APIs, and the LLM-powered helper to get some of those R package development chores done.<br />Episode Links<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://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-new-r45/" target="_blank">What's new in R 4.5.0?</a></li><li><a href="https://posit-dev.github.io/plumber2/" target="_blank">plumber2</a></li><li><a href="https://posit.co/blog/introducing-chores/" target="_blank">Introducing chores</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W16.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W16</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>{basepenguins} Convert files that use palmerpenguins to work with datasets <a href="https://ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins/" target="_blank">https://ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins/</a></li><li>Upgrading from {plumber} <a href="https://posit-dev.github.io/plumber2/articles/migration.html" target="_blank">https://posit-dev.github.io/plumber2/articles/migration.html</a></li><li>{chores} gallery <a href="https://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/gallery.html" target="_blank">https://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/gallery.html</a></li><li>{chores} custom helpers <a href="https://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/custom.html" target="_blank">https://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/custom.html</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">@[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>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Put the lime in the Koopa shell and drink it all up - Mario Party - Mel Decision, darmock, DeLuxDolemite, Siolfor the Jackal - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04836" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04836</a></li><li>Watermelon Flava - Breath of Fire III - Joshua Morse, posu yan - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01411" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01411</a></li></ul>