It's a new year of R Weekly Highlights! In this episode we learn of the positive intellectual diversity impacting R and Python communities, a great starting point to create your first RAG-powered knowledge store, and a new package enters the Shiny ecosystem that is certainly not tiny in its ambitions.<br /><br />Episode Links&nbsp;<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.emilyriederer.com/post/py-rgo-crosspol/" target="_blank">R + Python: From polyglot to pluralism</a>: A very targeted recap on posit::conf(2025) and a broader reflection on how the best design and devtools ideas from R and python have influenced each others' stacks for the better</li><li><a href="https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/retrieval-augmented-generation-database-workflow-r/" target="_blank">Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Setting up a Knowledge Store in R</a></li><li><a href="https://cran.r-project.org/package=tinyshinyserver" target="_blank">{tinyshinyserver} 0.1.0</a>: Tiny 'shiny' Server - Lightweight Multi-App 'shiny' Proxy</li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W03.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W03</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>tinyshinyserver GitHub repository: <a href="https://github.com/lab1702/tinyshinyserver" target="_blank">https://github.com/lab1702/tinyshinyserver</a></li><li>Yann Tourman's R Weekly episode length analysis <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/yannco.bsky.social/post/3mbarm75kik2j" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/yannco.bsky.social/post/3mbarm75kik2j</a></li></ul><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></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><br />Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>We're the Fugawe Forest - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - XPRTNovice feat. Weisty - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03597" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03597</a></li><li>Zelda's Graceful Nightmare - 25YEARLEGEND: A Legend of Zelda Indie Game Composer Tribute - Matheus Manente - <a href="https://zelda25.ocremix.org/index.html" target="_blank">https://zelda25.ocremix.org/index.html</a></li></ul>