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April 16, 2025
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.<br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: 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) & <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-new-r45/" target="_blank">What's new in R 4.5.0?</a></li><li><a href="https://posit-dev.github.io/plumber2/" target="_blank">plumber2</a></li><li><a href="https://posit.co/blog/introducing-chores/" target="_blank">Introducing chores</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W16.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W16</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>{basepenguins} Convert files that use palmerpenguins to work with datasets <a href="https://ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins/" target="_blank">https://ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins/</a></li><li>Upgrading from {plumber} <a href="https://posit-dev.github.io/plumber2/articles/migration.html" target="_blank">https://posit-dev.github.io/plumber2/articles/migration.html</a></li><li>{chores} gallery <a href="https://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/gallery.html" target="_blank">https://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/gallery.html</a></li><li>{chores} custom helpers <a href="https://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/custom.html" target="_blank">https://simonpcouch.github.io/chores/articles/custom.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)</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) </li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Put the lime in the Koopa shell and drink it all up - Mario Party - Mel Decision, darmock, DeLuxDolemite, Siolfor the Jackal - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04836" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04836</a></li><li>Watermelon Flava - Breath of Fire III - Joshua Morse, posu yan - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01411" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01411</a></li></ul>
April 9, 2025
In this episode of R Weekly Highlights: We have a six-month follow-up perspective from an early Positron user, how the current landscape of AI tools perform when learning the ropes with the Tidyverse, and how you can create your first Observable plot while using R for data munging.<br /><br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Jon Carroll - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jonocarroll" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) & <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy" target="_blank">@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy</a> (Bluesky) & <a href="https://twitter.com/carroll_jono" target="_blank">@carroll_jono</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2025/positron-debugging/" target="_blank">Positron: current joys and pains</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/04/learn-tidyverse-ai/" target="_blank">Learning the tidyverse with the help of AI tools</a></li><li><a href="https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/observable-r-users/" target="_blank">Observable for R users</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W15.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W15</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>Positron +1e <a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/grrrck/positron-plus-1-e" target="_blank">https://open-vsx.org/extension/grrrck/positron-plus-1-e</a></li><li>Vanishing Gradients episode 47 (The Great Pacific Garbage Patch of Code Slop with Joe Reis) <a href="https://vanishinggradients.fireside.fm/47" target="_blank">https://vanishinggradients.fireside.fm/47</a></li><li>Observable color palette viewer <a href="https://observablehq.com/plot/features/scales#color-scales" target="_blank">https://observablehq.com/plot/features/scales#color-scales</a></li><li>Observable Plots (R/Pharma 2024 Workshop Series) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6fP68XnacM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6fP68XnacM</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)</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) </li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Sunny Side Up - Yoshi's Island DS - ZackParrish - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04558" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04558</a></li><li>Costa Del Sol DANCE - Final Fantasy VII - Posu Yan - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00095" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00095</a></li></ul>
April 2, 2025
By some minor miracle (even on April Fools) the R Weekly Highlights podcast has made it to episode 200! We go "virtual" shopping for LLM-powered text analysis and prediction using the mall package, and how recent advancements in the grid and ggplot2 packages empower you to make use of highly-customized gradients. Plus listener feedback!<br /><br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Jon Calder - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jonmcalder" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) & <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmcalder" target="_blank">@jonmcalder</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://posit.co/blog/mall-ai-powered-text-analysis/" target="_blank">Text Summarization, Translation, and Classification using LLMs: mall does it all</a></li><li><a href="https://jamesgoldie.dev/writing/stack-gradients-in-r/" target="_blank">The guide to gradients in R and ggplot2</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W14.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W14</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>Mall: Run multiple LLM predictions against a data frame with R and Python <a href="https://mlverse.github.io/mall/" target="_blank">https://mlverse.github.io/mall/</a></li><li>Announcing rixpress <a href="https://brodrigues.co/posts/2025-03-20-announcing_rixpress.html" target="_blank">https://brodrigues.co/posts/2025-03-20-announcing_rixpress.html</a></li><li>Hack your way to scientific glory <a href="https://stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/538" target="_blank">https://stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/538</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</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) </li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><br /><ul><li>Dark World Jazz - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Gux - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00156" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00156</a></li></ul>
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