Creating your own race to a programming finish line with a hidden gem in mirai, the lowdown on using Generative AI for data visualization with more than a few surprises, and going from start to finish with a Shiny app created under the BDD mindset.<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://jcarroll.xyz/2025/10/07/aaaaand-theyre-off.html" target="_blank">Aaaaand… they’re off!</a></li><li><a href="https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/gen-ai-data-viz/" target="_blank">Generative AI for Data Visualisation</a></li><li><a href="https://jakubsobolewski.com/blog/bdd-shiny-feature" target="_blank">Behavior-Driven Development in R Shiny: A Step-By-Step Example</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W42.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W42</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>DataBot <a href="https://positron.posit.co/databot.html" target="_blank">https://positron.posit.co/databot.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)&nbsp;</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>Warriors of Light - Final Fantasy - Darangen - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01339" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01339</a></li><li>Honky Town - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - Wiesty, XPRTNovice - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03535" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03535</a></li></ul>