The inside story of how Claude Code with the proper scope provided a massive boost to drafting hundreds of pull requests, and debunking the myth on settling for compromises when prioritizing accessibility principles as demonstrated by a prominent leader in the visualization space. Plus we address candid feedback on last week's discussion on the tinyshinyserver package. <br /><br /><br />Episode Links <br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Jon Calder - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jonmcalder" target="_blank">@
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