R Weekly Highlights

How the latest release of patchwork is saving a cozy space for gt tables, a new package in the ggplot2 ecosystem to lend a guide for your guides, and a prime way of using R to brute-force the answer to a mathematical brain-teaser.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Tony Elhabr - @tonyelhabr@skrimmage.com (Mastodon) & @TonyElHabr (X/Twitter)patchwork 1.3.0{gguidance}: Extended guide options for 'ggplot2'Prime numbers as sums of three squares. by @ellis2013nzEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W39Supplement Resourcesgt 0.11.0 release notes https://gt.rstudio.com/news/index.html#gt-0110Being free from constraint https://www.data-imaginist.com/posts/2024-01-05-patchwork-1-2-0/#being-free-from-constraintgguidance: A guided tour vignette https://teunbrand.github.io/gguidance/articles/tour.htmlCreate a free Llama 3.1 405B-powered chatbot on an R package's GitHub repo in <1 min https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/create-a-free-llama-405b-llm-chatbot-github-repo-huggingfaceEase renv::restore() by updating your repository to Posit Public Package Manager https://www.pipinghotdata.com/posts/2024-09-16-ease-renvrestore-by-updating-your-repositories-to-p3mSupporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixSmoke & Marbles - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Emunator, ZackParrish, Lucas Guimaraes - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04714See Me Again - Valis III - tibonev - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04610

Hide a picture of Homer Simpson in a residual plot of all places? Oh it's real, you could say "surreal!" Plus a data-driven approach to investigate recent changes to the Australian census, and a cautionary reminder to check just where those numbers are coming from the next time you build a prediction model.Plus the quest to make R the official language for the Coder Radio program reaps a new reward!Episode LinksThis week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @RbyRyo@mstdn.social (Mastodon) & @RbyRyo) (X/Twitter){surreal} 0.0.1: Create Datasets with Hidden Images in Residual PlotsGender and sexuality in Australian surveys and censusPlease Version DataEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W38Supplement ResourcesSurfing the WSL Wave - Coder Radio episode 587 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/coder-radio/587/Brian (bhh32) on Nostrsurreal https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/surreal/Residual Plots and Data Sets (archived version) https://web.archive.org/web/20210927100125/https://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~stefanski/NSFSupported/HiddenImages/statresplots.htmlLabels for Technical Writing Projects https://ropensci.org/blog/2024/09/12/labels-writing-projects/Express to Impress: Leveraging IBCS Standards for Powerful Data Presentations https://medium.com/number-around-us/express-to-impress-leveraging-ibcs-standards-for-powerful-data-presentations-3c3a269f0ec0Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixMoonlight Vibin' - Mega Man X5 - DCT - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02053You Are Not Confined - Final Fantasy IX - Sonicade - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064

How being fair to your research has a new and important meaning than what you may expect, the power you can unlock with custom roxygen tags, and a collection of tips you can apply today for your next visualization.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batool664 (X/Twitter)Making your blog FAIRCreate and use a custom roxygen2 tagFive ways to improve your chart axesEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W37Supplement Resourceshttr2: Perform HTTP requests and process the response https://httr2.r-lib.org/Athanasia's GitHub Actions workflow files https://github.com/drmowinckels/drmowinckels.github.io/tree/main/.github/workflowsmaestro: Orchestration of data pipelines https://whipson.github.io/maestro/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixCrysis Crystal - Mega Man 9: Black in Blue - k-wix - https://backinblue.ocremix.org/index.phpOf Whips and Strings - Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania - Super Guitar Bros. - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02480 

A peek behind the curtain of how R handles that batch of code you send to the console, an adventure in automating the translation of Quarto documents to multiple languages, and there's no time like the present to give your code a little linting love.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)Long input linesTranslating Quarto (and other markdown files) into Any LanguageGet your codebase lint-free forever with lintrEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W36Supplement ResourcesNews from R Submissions Working Group – Pilot 3 Successfully Reviewed by FDAMastodon Accounts Posting About #RStatsSupporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixTorvus Clockwork - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - DarkeSword - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01507Sleep, My Sephy (Judgement Day) - Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream - Pot Hocket - https://ff7.ocremix.org/

A few tools you can use to find those elusive bottlenecks in Shiny app performance, adding a dash of interactivity to a reactable table, and save yourself many hours of manual effort with Quarto parameterized reporting.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Colin Fay - @colinfay@fosstodon.org [@ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/ColinFay) (X/Twitter)Unveiling Bottlenecks (Part 2): A Deep Dive into Profiling Tools\Creating interactive tables with reactableAutomating Quarto reports with parametersEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W35Supplement Resources{golem} 0.5.0 is now availableShiny Developer Series Episode 12: Reactlog with Barrett Schlerke https://shinydevseries.com/interview/ep012/ The Coding Cats shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/thecodingcats/A visual journey through world exhibitions https://georgios.quarto.pub/a-visual-journey-through-world-exhibitions/Six ways to find better content on Mastodon https://www.infoworld.com/article/2338712/6-ways-to-find-better-content-on-mastodon.htmlSupporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixTails and the Music Maker - Picolescence - zircon - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02176The Amazon Session - Ducktales - Gux - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00402

Eric flies solo for this episode with a recap of his positconf 2024 adventures! Also how not to panic when you see a merge conflict in Git, the genesis of the new R ARUG community in India, and a great primer on creating your own Quarto templates.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Please let me merge before I start crying and other things I've said at the Git terminalA New R Community in Ahmedabad, India, focused on Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical IndustriesDesigning and deploying internal Quarto templatesEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W34Supplement ResourcesShiny-based clinical submissions using WebAssembly https://rpodcast.github.io/shiny-webr-posit2024/#/sectionIntroducing saperlipopette, a package to practice Git! https://masalmon.eu/2024/01/18/saperlipopette-package-practice-git/NORC crime tracker Shiny app https://livecrimetracker.norc.org/#homeSupporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixYou Are Not Confined - Final Fantasy IX - Sonicade - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064Seven Pipes to Heaven - Super Mario Land - Nostalvania - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03256

A realistic take on converting the NY Forest Carbon Assessment modeling pipeline to the tidymodels suite, and a review of R package development workflows in the Positron IDE.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Converting New York’s Forest Carbon Assessment to TidymodelsR package development in PositronEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W32Supplement ResourcesTidy Modeling with R e-book: https://www.tmwr.orgmaestro: Orchestration of data pipelines https://whipson.github.io/maestro/Pharma RUG: The Rise of R in China’s Pharmaceutical Industry https://www.r-consortium.org/blog/2024/08/01/pharma-rug-the-rise-of-r-in-chinas-pharmaceutical-industry R/Pharma APAC track call for talks: https://rinpharma.com/post/2024-07-17-apac-track/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixPerson, Place, or Groove? - Pictionary - The Orichalcon - http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01548

Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Let's Talk About the Weather2024 Shiny ContestEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W31Supplement Resourceshttps://lorenzwalthert.github.io/precommit/index.htmlhttps://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/llm-rag/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter) Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixA Flea and His Giant - Megaman X: Maverick Rising - Chuck Dietz - https://maverick.ocremix.org/music.php

Creating retro-gaming sprites rendered from the comforts of R? Yes we can! Plus an honest take on the utility of Github's Copilot Workspace in the context of package development, and taking the concept of code trees to another level with treesitter.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @RbyRyo@mstdn.social (Mastodon) & @RbyRyo) (X/Twitter)Tile-style sprite delightSome thoughts after a trial run of GitHub's Copilot WorkspaceExtracting names of functions defined in a script with treesitterEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W30Supplement Resourcestree-sitter-r https://github.com/r-lib/tree-sitter-rShiny.telemetry 0.3.0 https://www.appsilon.com/post/shiny-telemetry-0-3-0-updateIntroduction to R with the Tidyverse https://introduction-r-tidyverse.netlify.app/session1_notesSupporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixMoonlight Vibin' - Mega Man X5 - DCT - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02053Forest Through the Trees - Shea's Violin - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04484

The world of web-assembly in R continues to move fast with key updates to the webrcli & spidyr packages, and what has us excited about the mapgl package for producing amazing spatial visualizations. Episode LinksThis week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batool664 (X/Twitter)webrcli & spidyr: What’s newCreate a Compare slider widgetEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W28Supplement Resourcesmapgl package site https://walker-data.com/mapglMike's migrate package https://ketchbrookanalytics.github.io/migrate/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social media Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter) Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixSuper Buck II - Super Mario Bros 2 - Estradasphere - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00577