R Weekly Highlights

A glimpse into the R Consortium Submissions Working Group's recent successes and future work, and a new way to view those nested lists from a familiar face making his return to blogging! Episode Links @batoolmm.bsky.social@batool664Submissions Working Group: 2026 Plans and 2025 SuccessViewing Nested Lists with xfun::tabset()rweekly.org/2026-W08Supplement Resources https://rpodcast.quarto.pub/submissions-wg-pilot-4/https://r-podcast.org/024-rstudioconf-yihui-xie/https://yihui.org/litedown Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrook Music credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04064

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). Episode Links @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy@carroll_jonoThe Test Set Pod - Column selectors, data quality, and learning in publicEpisode linkGit & GitHub: Practical Version Control for Data Workdplyr comes to duckdbrweekly.org/2026-W06 Supplement Resources https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/program.htmlhttps://github.com/mrchypark/libdplyr Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrook Music credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00853https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03323

The way LLMs can be a little stubborn when interpreting data visualizations, bringing new meaning to digging for your data and learning along the way, and the latest addition to the futureverse that seems too good to be true, but it is real! Plus an amazing Shiny app tailored made for this very podcast. Episode Links @jonathankitt.bsky.socialLLMs interpret plots well, until expectations interfereStudents, software, and soil fluxfuturize: Parallelize Common Functions via a "Magic" Touchrweekly.org/2026-W05 Supplement Resources https://simonpcouch.github.io/bluffbench/https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210x.70216https://jokasan.github.io/r-weekly_chatbot/ Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrook Music credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02909https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04143

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. Episode Links @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org@jonmcalderSemi-automating 200 Pull Requests with Claude CodeHow to create a more accessible line chartrweekly.org/2026-W04 Supplement Resources https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/ Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrook Music credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03442

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. Episode Links @rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcastR + Python: From polyglot to pluralismRetrieval-Augmented Generation: Setting up a Knowledge Store in R{tinyshinyserver} 0.1.0rweekly.org/2026-W03 Supplement Resources https://github.com/lab1702/tinyshinyserverhttps://bsky.app/profile/yannco.bsky.social/post/3mbarm75kik2j Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrook Music credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03597https://zelda25.ocremix.org/index.html

A retrospective that showcases favourite data visualisation projects and insights from 2025, a practical guide offering R package maintainers methods to gauge how their package is being used, and an R package release introducing additional helper functions that extend dplyr::mutate() for generating columns with useful rowwise and list-column operations. Episode Links @batoolmm.bsky.social@batool664My year in data visualisationHow to Assess Usage of your Package{mutagen} 0.5.0rweekly.org/2025-W51 Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrook Music credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01411https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03405

How the recent frontier LLM model releases compare for successfully generating R code, our take on the new Test Set data science podcast, and a surprising entry in the world of languages equipped for data science. Episode Links @parmsam@fosstodon.org@parmsam_2025-12-05 AI NewsletterThe Test Set: Now on YouTube + a look at what’s nextHaskell IS a Great Language for Data Sciencerweekly.org/2025-W50 Supplement Resources https://skaltman-model-eval-app.share.connect.posit.cloud/https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/python-is-not-a-great-language-forhttps://www.datahaskell.org/ Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrook Music credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01365https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01195

Prepare to deploy multiple LLM-powered agents for your next (secret) missions with mini007, a new contender to the high-performance linter tools with blazing performance that doesn't seem possible (but it is), and a usethis-like manager for your projects needing unified branding across deliverables. Episode Links @rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcastmini007 - A Lightweight Framework for Multi-Agent Orchestration in RJarl: just another R linter{rbranding} 0.1.0rweekly.org/2025-W48 Supplement Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctc2kx3LxG8https://github.com/feddelegrand7/mini007https://jarl.etiennebacher.comhttps://epiforesite.github.io/rbranding Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrook Music credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01339https://ff9.ocremix.org

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. Episode Links @parmsam@fosstodon.org@parmsam_Aaaaand… they’re off!Generative AI for Data VisualisationBehavior-Driven Development in R Shiny: A Step-By-Step Examplerweekly.org/2025-W42Supplement Resources https://positron.posit.co/databot.htmlSupporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01339https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03535

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. Plus … a popular segment returns 😅 Episode Links @rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcastJumping in the Ducklake with nothing but R onSlidecrafting - Making beautiful slides with reveal.js and QuartoThe Shiny side of LLMs Part 3rweekly.org/2025-W40Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00178https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04143

Fresh off an amazing experience at posit::conf(2025), the R Weekly Highlights podcast is back with episode 211! Eric and Mike share their experiences at the conference and then dive into an amazing collection of highlights. We learn about a myriad of packages to programmatically write and parse markdown documents, initial impressions with vibe-coding an R package to learn Japanese, and the immense lengths the R-Exams project is taking to clean up messy scans of exam papers. Episode Links @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy@carroll_jonoAll the Ways to Programmatically Edit or Parse R Markdown / Quarto DocumentsI Vibe Coded an R PackageQuality Control for Scanned Multiple-Choice Examsrweekly.org/2025-W39Supplement Resources Building Multilingual Data Science Teamshttps://ketchbrookanalytics.github.io/multilingual-data-science-presentationIntroducing Shinystate - Launching Shiny collaboration to new heightshttps://rpodcast.github.io/shinystate-positconf2025/#/titleslideSupporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01427https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00146

In episode 210 of the R Weekly Highlights podcast: The Positron IDE has officially been released after two years of intense development, and we share what excites us the most. Plus a new tool in your Shiny testing toolbox to bridge the gap between server-side and dynamic updating the user interface, and an entry point to making that URL of your Shiny app set inputs on the fly, a topic one of your hosts has been investigating for quite some time! Episode Links @colinfay@fosstodon.org@colinfay.bsky.social@_ColinFayAnnouncing Positron, a new Data Science IDE{shinytesters}: Updating Inputs in testServerAdding Shiny app’s parameters to the URLrweekly.org/2025-W34Supplement Resources https://posit.co/thetestset/https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continuehttps://ashbaldry.github.io/shinytesters/articles/shinytesters.htmlhttps://github.com/rpodcast/shinystateSupporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01268https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01473

In episode 209 of R Weekly Highlights we learn ways you can pinpoint just what is slowing down your R code, a novel framing for testing your next plumber API, and the adventures in recreating a NY Times chart entirely with ggplot2. Episode Links @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy@carroll_jonoSpeed Testing Code: Three LevelsTesting your Plumber APIs from RCopy the Pros: How to Recreate this NYTimes Chart in Rrweekly.org/2025-W31Supplement Resources https://posit-conf-2023.github.io/shiny-r-prod/https://jakubsobolewski.com/r-tests-gallery/https://posit-dev.github.io/plumber2/https://posit.co/resources/videos/push-straight-to-prod-api-development-with-r-and-tensorflow-at-tmobile/https://github.com/ropensci/vcr/https://github.com/Pecners/make_that_chartSupporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04775https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04785

In episode 208 of R Weekly Highlights, the LLM train keeps moving along in the data science community: First impressions of the new Positron Assistant for code completion and basic package development, plus a friendly app for exploring the upcoming posit::conf(2025) agenda created by one of our talented R Weekly curators! Episode Links @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org@jonmcalder@jonmcalder@bsky.socialPositron Assistant: GitHub Copilot and Claude-Powered Agentic Coding in RYour LLM-powered guide to the posit::conf(2025) agendarweekly.org/2025-W30Supplement Resources https://positron.posit.co/assistanthttps://posit-ai-posit-conf-agenda-chat.share.connect.posit.cloud/Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090

It's been far too long since our last episode of R Weekly Highlights, but we are finally back with episode 207! In this episode we learn about novel ways to automate fancy Quarto content, how we can be on our best behavior with behavior-driven-development, and finding that pesky portion of data breaking long data pipelines with a magical debugging technique. Plus one of your hosts could not resist a hot take or two! Episode Links @R_by_Ryo@mstdn.social@rbyryo.bsky.social@R_by_RyoGenerating quarto syntax within RAn Introduction to Behavior-Driven Development in RDive()ing into the hunt #rstatsrweekly.org/2025-W28Supplement Resources https://quartose.djnavarro.net/https://cucumber.io/https://jakubsobolewski.com/cucumber/https://mjfrigaard.github.io/shiny-app-pkgs/Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03072https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01966

The summer schedule has been crazy, but we finally have a new episode of R Weekly Highlights! In this episode: How the new shiny2docker package eases your entry to the world of containers, the power of WebAssembly in full ggplot2 glory, and how the latest solution for speeding up R code draws upon a classic computing language you may not expect. Episode Links @rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcastContainerizing Shiny Apps with {shiny2docker}: A Step-by-Step Guideggplot2 layer explorer{quickr} 0.1.0rweekly.org/2025-W24Supplement Resources https://thinkr-open.github.io/attachment/https://rocker-project.org/https://eddelbuettel.github.io/r2u/https://shinyproxy.io/https://github.com/yjunechoe/ggplot2-layer-explorerSupporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02280https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02892

Have you wanted a chance to rewrite your own history? With Git, you certainly can! We learn that and other amazing tips to supercharge your version control skills. Plus a promising new package to let your Shiny app users make the call on their preferred layouts, and how mocking is not something to dread when you build unit tests interacting with external services. Episode Links @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org@jonmcalderHack your way to a good Git history (SLC-RUG May)slidesIntroducing dockViewR 0.1.0: a layout manager for R and Shiny.Mock Them All: Simulate to Better Test with testthatrweekly.org/2025-W21Supplement Resources https://docs.ropensci.org/saperlipopette/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQvTQqcmadYhttps://github.com/MikeJohnPage/shinydrawhttps://brodrigues.co/posts/2025-05-13-test_rixpress.htmlhttps://rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_website/https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/05/fonts-in-r/Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04390https://backinblue.ocremix.org/music.php

Episode 204 of R Weekly Highlights is jam-packed with four highlights! We discuss the recent improvements to the recipes package in the tidymodels suite, Nicola Rennie's adventures with this year's 30 day chart challenge, going back to math school with Jon Carroll's latest explorations in digit rotation, and our picks out of the excellent collection of the top 40 R packages for March. Episode Links @batoolmm.bsky.social@batool664recipes 1.3.030 Day Chart Challenge 2025Rotation with ModuloMarch 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packagesrweekly.org/2025-W19Supplement Resources https://recipes.tidymodels.org/https://www.tidymodels.org/books/index.htmlhttps://nrennie.rbind.io/30DayChartChallenge/https://tidyplots.orghttps://echarts4r.john-coene.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1kfd57j/oc_round_2_matchups_are_set_lego_style/https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/autodb/vignettes/autodb.htmlhttps://github.com/HUGLeipzig/kitesquarehttps://cran.r-project.org/package=EQRNhttps://opasche.github.io/EQRN/Supporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02692https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00386https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01750

In this episode of R Weekly Highlights we hear from industry experts on how they choose a programming language for their projects, a big boost to the use of copilot for building your next Shiny app, and the learning journey of a new R user. Episode Links @parmsam@fosstodon.org@parmsam_Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchersReliable Shiny Code with Copilot and Posit’s VS Code ExtensionMy Journey Learning R as a Humanities Undergradrweekly.org/2025-W18Supplement Resources https://r4ds.hadley.nz/https://dslc.io/https://tanguybarthelemy.github.io/IssueTrackeRhttps://3mw.albert-rapp.de/p/scalable-reporting-with-quartoSupporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info @rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02452https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02180

It's not every day that we get to dive into a brand new release of R, but we get to do just that in episode 202! We share our takes on the major new features of R 4.5.0. We also preview the re-imagination of the engine powering R-based APIs, and the LLM-powered helper to get some of those R package development chores done. Episode Links @rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcastWhat's new in R 4.5.0?plumber2Introducing choresrweekly.org/2025-W16Supplement Resources https://ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins/https://posit-dev.github.io/plumber2/articles/migration.htmlhttps://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/gallery.htmlhttps://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/custom.htmlSupporting the show https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contactR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.orgAlbyhttps://value4value.info@rpodcast@podcastindex.social@rpodcast.bsky.social@theRcast@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org@mike-thomas.bsky.social@mike_ketchbrookMusic credits powered by OCRemix https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04836https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01411