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.
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- This week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)
- Semi-automating 200 Pull Requests with Claude Code
- How to create a more accessible line chart
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W04
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- Risk Conference hosted by the R Consortium (February 18-19, 2026) https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/
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