The ducks have made their presence felt in the world of databases, but now you can take a dip in a new Ducklake all within R! If you ever felt someone should write a book on the many ways you can slidecraft Quarto presentations, we have good news for you. Lastly, a spectacular series on harnessing the power of LLMs in your Shiny apps concludes with a powerful and very relevant use case to help review your next presentation slides.<br /><br /><br />Plus … a popular segment returns <br /><br /><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://discindo.org/posts/2025-09-20-r-ducklake/" target="_blank">Jumping in the Ducklake with nothing but R on</a></li><li><a href="https://slidecrafting-book.com/" target="_blank">Slidecrafting - Making beautiful slides with reveal.js and Quarto</a></li><li><a href="https://shiny.posit.co/blog/posts/shiny-side-of-llms-part-3/" target="_blank">The Shiny side of LLMs Part 3</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W40.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W40</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>Relm's Weepy Loop - Final Fantasy 6 - MkVaff - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00178" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00178</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>