R Weekly Highlights

Eric Nantz
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May 29, 2024 • 50min

Issue 2024-W22 Highlights

The recent patches in R that pave the way for a future object-oriented-programming framework to accompany S3 and S4, a treasure-trove of open spatial data ready for your mapping visualization adventures, and a collection of tips for the next time you refactor your testing scripts.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Carroll - @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @carroll_jono (X/Twitter)Generalizing Support for Functional OOP in RGetting and visualizing Overture Maps buildings data in RWhat I edit when refactoring a test fileEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W22Supplement ResourcesOverture Maps https://overturemaps.orgShiny Developer Series Episode 30 - The Connecticut COVID-19 Test Spotter App (Part 1) https://shinydevseries.com/interview/ep030/Introduction to vvcanvas https://vusaverse.github.io/posts/vvcanvas.htmlHow to Split a Number into Digits in R Using gsub() and strsplit() https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2024-05-22/Get a Free New Logo for Your R Package in Our Hex Design Contest - https://www.appsilon.com/post/hex-contestop3r - R client to the Open Podcast Prefix Project https://rpodcast.github.io/op3r/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 OCRemixLiquid Puzzles - Baba Is You - Gaspode - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04582Bar Hopping - Streets of Rage 2 - Jaxx - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00437
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May 15, 2024 • 49min

Issue 2024-W20 Highlights

An aesthetically-pleasing journey through the history of R, another demonstration of DuckDB's power with analytics, and how webR with shinylive brings new learning life to the Pharmaverse TLG gallery.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)The Aesthetics Wiki - an R AddendumR Dplyr vs. DuckDB - How to Enhance Your Data Processing Pipelines with R DuckDBTLG Catalog WebREntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W20Supplement ResourcesEric joins Adam Curry & Dave Jones on Podcasting 2.0 Episode 179! https://podverse.fm/clip/dYmaWGIOcDuckDB quacks Arrow: A zero-copy data integration between Apache Arrow and DuckDB https://duckdb.org/2021/12/03/duck-arrow.htmlDemo repository for creating a Quarto workflow with {quarto-webr} and {quarto-pyodide} https://github.com/coatless-quarto/quarto-webr-pyodide-demoWhat's new in ShinyProxy 3.1.0 https://hosting.analythium.io/what-is-new-in-shinyproxy-3-1-0/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/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 OCRemixGreen Glade Groove - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - TSori, dpMusicman, etc - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04437Gerudo Desert Party - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Reuben6 - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03720
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May 8, 2024 • 49min

Issue 2024-W19 Highlights

Our take on the important conversations spurred by the recent R deserialization CVE, how simulations may save you from cracking open that probability textbook, and recapping the exciting 2024 Shiny Conference.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Colin Fay - @colinfay@fosstodon.org & [@ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/ColinFay) (X/Twitter)Everything you never wanted to know about the R vulnerability, but shouldn't be afraid to askCalculating birthday probabilities with R instead of mathHighlights from ShinyConf 2024Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W19Supplement ResourcesR-bitrary Code Execution: Vulnerability in R’s Deserialization https://hiddenlayer.com/research/r-bitrary-code-execution/CVE-2024-27322 Should Never Have Been Assigned And R Data Files Are Still Super Risky Even In R 4.4.0 https://rud.is/b/2024/05/03/cve-2024-27322-should-never-have-been-assigned-and-r-data-files-are-still-super-risky-even-in-r-4-4-0/Safety Radar for RDA Files https://github.com/hrbrmstr/rdaradarR's new exploit: how it works & other ways you're vulnerable (Josiah Parry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGvXEi4nG5kBogus CVE follow-ups https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/09/05/bogus-cve-follow-ups/Data serialisation in R https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2021-11-15_serialisation-with-rds/Tapyr https://connect.appsilon.com/tapyr-docs/Podcast Index Database Dashboard (built with R and Quarto) https://rpodcast.github.io/pod-db-dash/Eric will be a guest on the Podcasting 2.0 show this Friday! (10-May-2024 1:30 PM EDT) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/920666 Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/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 OCRemixGreen Glade Groove - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - TSori, dpMusicman, etc - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04437Salut Voisin! - Final Fantasy IV - colorado weeks, Aeroprism - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04553
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May 1, 2024 • 37min

Issue 2024-W18 Highlights

Why R 4.4.0 may reduce your trips to a certain kind of stack overflow, a call to update your favorite Shiny application code snippets, and how the steller ASTHOS Profile Shiny dashboard has your hosts blown away and fighting the urge to refactor their applications UIs!Episode LinksThis week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)What's new in R 4.4.0?It's time to add bslib to your shinyapp snippetTailoring Shiny for Modern UsersEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W18Supplement ResourcesFull R 4.4.0 changelog https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/NEWS.htmlR-bitrary Code Execution: Vulnerability in R’s Deserialization https://hiddenlayer.com/research/r-bitrary-code-execution/ASTHO Profile dashboard https://astho.shinyapps.io/profile/{plotcli} command-line plots for R https://github.com/cheuerde/plotcli Fritz Leisch (1968-2024) https://www.r-project.org/doc/obit/fritz.htmlSupporting the showUse the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/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 OCRemixTrippin' on the Bridge - Streets of Rage - lazygecko - http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00993You Are Not Confined - Final Fantasy IX - Sonicade - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064
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Apr 24, 2024 • 39min

Issue 2024-W17 Highlights

Bringing interactivity to a staple graphical display in the genomics space, how one team is taking the box approach to sharing and developing modular R code, and a set of intriguing benchmarks with the newly-releaed duckplyr that have your hosts thinking of many possibilities.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Carroll - @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @carroll_jono (X/Twitter)Interactive volcano plots with the ggiraph R packageModular R code for analytical projects with {box}Kicking tyresEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W17Supplement ResourcesHow to interpret a volcano plot https://biostatsquid.com/volcano-plot/Source code behind Tim's {duckplyr} and {data.table} benchmarks https://git.sr.ht/~tim-taylor/duckplyr-benchmarksAttach to a DuckDB Database over HTTPS or S3 https://duckdb.org/docs/guides/networkcloudstorage/duckdboverhttpsors3Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/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 OCRemixSnow Cone Heaven - Ice Climber - Mazedude - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01176Cleaning Out Axis - Batman (NES) - Midee - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03008
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Apr 16, 2024 • 36min

Issue 2024-W16 Highlights

Another way to hop on LLM train with the chattr package, a clever use of defensive programming to get to those warnings in your tests faster, and a major milestone for the R-Hub project.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Tony Elhabr - @tonyelhabr@skrimmage.com (Mastodon) & @TonyElHabr (X/Twitter)Chat with AI in RStudioTest warnings fasterR-hub v2Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W16Supplement ResourcesR/Pharma 2023 presentation by Edgar Ruiz (GitHub Copilot in RStudio) - https://youtu.be/-Fjb8LZmTSIThe 2024 Appsilon Shiny Conference is just days away! https://www.shinyconf.com/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/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 OCRemixMemories of a Master - Street Fighter II: The World Warrior - Captain Hogan - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02268Higgins Goes to Miami - Adventure Island - virt - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00461
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Apr 10, 2024 • 51min

Issue 2024-W15 Highlights

The Nix and R train rolls on with automated caching, a collection of big improvements landing in webR, and how hand-crafted visualizations bring fundamental dplyr grouping operations to life.Episode LinksThis week’s curator: Jon Calder (@jonmcalder) (X/Twitter)Reproducible data science with Nix, part 11 – build and cache binaries with Github Actions and CachixwebR 0.3.1Visualizing {dplyr}’s mutate(), summarize(), group_by(), and ungroup() with animations: Visually explore how {dplyr}’s more complex core functions work together to wrangle dataEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W15Supplement ResourcesBruno’s unit test involving {tidyselect} https://raw.githack.com/b-rodrigues/nixpkgs-r-updates-fails/targets-runs/output/r-updates-fails.htmlCachix https://www.cachix.org/R/Medicine Call for Abstracts Open https://www.r-consortium.org/events/2024/04/05/r-medicine-coming-june-10-14-2024Survival analysis for time-to-event data with tidymodels https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2024/04/tidymodels-survival-analysis/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/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.infoGet in touch with us on social media Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)Music credits powered by OCRemixSun Ra - Ragnarok Online - Anthony Lofton, Joshua Morse - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01811Chopinesque Kirby - Kirby’s Dream Land - Bladiator - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01257
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Apr 3, 2024 • 41min

Issue 2024-W14 Highlights

Taking the tradition of spring cleaning your R session to a nefarious direction, how a little R and automation crafted together helps with bill payments, and the tried-and-true method of simulation in action to investigate time-to-event inference statistics.Episode LinksThis week’s curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @R_by_Ryo) (X/Twitter) & @R_by_Ryo@mstdn.social (Mastodon)I Made R Text For MeStop Jenny committing arsonThe log-rank Test Assumes More Than the Cox ModelEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W14Supplement ResourcesLinux Unplugged episode 156: The xz Backdoor Exposed https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/556/Pushbullet https://www.pushbullet.com/{rpushbullet} R interface to the awesome Pushbullet service https://github.com/eddelbuettel/rpushbulletMike’s PDF quarto reports in devcontainers GitHub repo https://github.com/ketchbrookanalytics/quarto-pdf-devAligning Beliefs and Profession: Using R in Protecting the Penobscot Nation’s Traditional Lifeways https://www.r-consortium.org/blog/2024/03/27/aligning-beliefs-and-profession-using-r-in-protecting-the-penobscot-nations-traditional-lifewaysUsing Data to Protect Traditional Lifeways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PjOSBHRm74Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/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.infoGet in touch with us on social media Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter)Music credits powered by OCRemixHeart’s Lullaby - Final Fantasy V - RebeccaETripp, Gamer of the Winds, Rahul Vanamali, Teil Buck - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04572Tails and the Music Maker - Picolescence - zircon - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02176
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Mar 27, 2024 • 39min

Issue 2024-W13 Highlights

How a recent pivot in one of the most popular testing frameworks in R unlocks mocking once again, bringing robust grammar checks to your R development environment with rspell, and flex your Shiny and HTML design muscles with flexbox. Episode Links This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batool664 (X/Twitter) Update on mocking for testing R packages {rspell} Are you writing in a foreign language? The RStudio spelling dictionary setting is not sufficient to correct grammar errors. Try the {rspell} package to grammar-proof your notebooks and documentation straight on RStudio without copying-pasting. 3MW (Aligning content with flexboxes) Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W13 Supplement Resources testthat 3.2.0 re-introduced mocking after it was removed in 2019. The PR with Hadley's commentary https://github.com/r-lib/testthat/pull/1739#issuecomment-1428027869 Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback R-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: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix Kannonball - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest - The Good Ice - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04571 The Art of Zoning Out - Pokemon Scarlet - timaeus222 - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04570
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Mar 20, 2024 • 47min

Issue 2024-W12 Highlights

An honest take on common patterns and anti-patterns for re-use of data analyses that hit a bit too close to home for your hosts, a cautionary tale of garbage online references pretending to be authentic material, and a new (human-created) cheat sheet with terrific best practices taking front and center. Episode Links This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam_ (Twitter) & @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) Patterns and anti-patterns of data analysis reuse $%@! R help from $%@! AI Best Practice for R :: Cheat Sheet Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W12 Additional Links Jon Harmon's request for additional R4DS funding: https://fosstodon.org/@R4DSCommunity/112099679313058951 Linux Unplugged Episode 554: SCaLEing Nix https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/554/ Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback R-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: @theRcast (Twitter) and @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) Mike Thomas: @mike_ketchbrook (Twitter) and @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) Music credits powered by OCRemix A Crook Man's Eyes - Mega Man 5 - Nightswim - http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03679 Plastik Skies - VROOM: Sega Racing - Palpable, Diodes - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03726

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