A prominent leader at the intersection of data science and data engineering across multiple languages shares her insights, how a recent Git workshop tailored for data science de-mystifies common pitfalls, and for the second straight episode a new transpiler bringing dplyr syntax to databases (quite literally).&nbsp;<br />Episode Links&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Jon Carroll - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jonocarroll" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy" target="_blank">@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy</a> (Bluesky) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/carroll_jono" target="_blank">@carroll_jono</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://emilyriederer.com/talk/test-set-pod/" target="_blank">The Test Set Pod - Column selectors, data quality, and learning in public</a> (<a href="https://posit.co/thetestset/episode/emily-riederer-column-selectors-data-quality-and-learning-in-public/" target="_blank">Episode link</a>)</li><li><a href="https://rladiesrome.org/talks/2026/meetup/01292026_federicagazzelloni.html" target="_blank">Git &amp; GitHub: Practical Version Control for Data Work</a></li><li><a href="https://discindo.org/posts/2026-01-29-duckdb-dplyr/" target="_blank">dplyr comes to duckdb</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2026-W06.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2026-W06</a></li></ul><br />Supplement Resources<br />&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>Risk Conference 2026 Agenda (Mike is presenting!) <a href="https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/program.html" target="_blank">https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/program.html</a></li><li>libdplyr <a href="https://github.com/mrchypark/libdplyr" target="_blank">https://github.com/mrchypark/libdplyr</a></li></ul><br />Supporting the show<br />&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;<br /><ul><li>Lost Woods Inglewood - Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - BenCousins - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00853" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00853</a></li><li>Aerobotics - Mega Man 8 - Just Coffee - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03323" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03323</a></li></ul>