R for the Rest of Us
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On What's New in R this week: ✅ A package that adds guardrails to your LLM workflows ✅ A new Shiny component for packing controls into cards and inputs ✅ Quarto extension for creating styled diagrams Read: https://rfortherestofus.com/2026/07/whats-new-in-r-july-13-2026 #rstats
On What's New in R this week: ✅ Guide to generating personalized exams at scale with Typst ✅ A Quarto extension for shifting heading levels ✅ {ggcube}, a package for building 3D plots with familiar {ggplot2} syntax Read: https://rfortherestofus.com/2026/07/whats-new-in-r-july-6-2026 #rstats
On What's New in R this week: ✅ v0.3.0 of {legendry}, a package for building advanced ggplot2 legends and guides ✅ Highlights of Positron's May release ✅ Peter Ellis investigates: how long do wars tend to last? Read: https://rfortherestofus.com/2026/06/whats-new-in-r-june-29-2026 #rstats
What's New in R this week: ✅ J@jhelvy.bsky.social on why Quarto pairs so well with LLMs ✅ Quarto extension that saves you from repeating headings across slides ✅ Easy way to turn a nested list into a tidy tibble Read: https://rfortherestofus.com/2026/06/whats-new-in-r-june-22-2026 #rstats
On What's New in R this week: ✅Talk on keeping your R package environments from breaking over time ✅ R Ladies session: Working Smarter in R ✅ Guide to migrating your PDF reports from pagedown to Typst Read: https://rfortherestofus.com/2026/06/whats-new-in-r-june-15-2026 #rstats
Many AI coding tools create an “illusion of progress.” Sara Altman & Simon Couch explain why AI for data science should do more than generate answers—it should help analysts understand their data, audit code, make better decisions. https://rfortherestofus.com/2026/06/podcast-episode-30
Featured this week on What's New in R: ✅ A package for compositing ggplot graphics into images ✅ Posit announced their new AI tooling for Positron and RStudio ✅ A practical guide to map projections in R Read: https://rfortherestofus.com/2026/06/whats-new-in-r-june-8-2026 #rstats
Featured on What's New in R this week: ✅ A blind taste tests for decaf coffee ✅ A better way to view your data using {dataviewR} ✅ A Quarto extension that lets you draw on your slides while presenting https://rfortherestofus.com/blog/whats-new-in-r-june-1-2026 #rstats
Featured on What's New in R this week: ✅ The {realtalk} package for accessing US price indexes in R ✅ A deep dive into atmospheric light simulation for 3D visualizations ✅ {FakeDataR}, a package for generating synthetic data to safely share with AI assistants Read more: buff.ly/sTOfyrH #rstats
Featured on this week's What's New in R: ✅ @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social demos a Claude Code skill for generating Quarto alt text ✅ @albertrapp.bsky.social’s video on automating serverless dashboards ✅ How @kjhealy.co used Quarto for his data viz book Read the issue: buff.ly/hjp7fYc #rstats
This week on What's New in R: ✅ An introduction to Posit AI for RStudio ✅ 2nd edition of @kjhealy.co’s Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction book ✅ Quarto extension built by @ellakaye.co.uk for displaying times in readers’ local time zones. Read the issue: buff.ly/3I1H2dz #rstats
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This week on What's New in R, we're featuring: ✅ @richmeister.bsky.social’s guide to making beautiful tables with {gt} ✅ Tutorial by @nrennie.bsky.social on interactive beeswarm charts ✅ How an R user is building a data infrastructure for Kenyan baseball Read the issue: buff.ly/XGe8gx3 #rstats
This week on What's New in R: ✅ Walkthrough of @andrew.heiss.phd’s Positron workflow ✅ Blog post by @ivelasq3.bsky.social sharing collection of Claude skills for R users ✅ @stephenturner.us’s demo of a Claude Skill for automatically generating _brand.yml files Read more: buff.ly/iTfyA48 #rstats
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This week on What's New in R: ✅ Luis D. Verde Arregoitia’s living guide to LLM tools for R ✅ Hands-on tutorial on version control for data workers ✅ Jörn Alexander Quent offers tips for creating publication-ready figures with {ggplot2} Read the issue: buff.ly/wMSXnAh #rstats
This week on What's New in R: ✅ Guide to detecting outliers in R by @Dr. M. Fatih T. ✅ Tutorial by @bastianolea.rbind.io on visualizing Chilean census data as maps ✅ Walkthrough of generating dynamic alt text for Shiny app plots by @jumpingrivers.com Read the issue: buff.ly/b9epl8e #rstats
This week on What's New in R, we're featuring: ✅ {quallmer}, a package for for AI-assisted qualitative coding ✅ {googletraffic} package for accessing real-time Google Maps traffic data ✅ Workshop on creating polished branded documents with Quarto Read the issue: buff.ly/ccAnQfq #rstats
This week on What's New in R: ✅ Crystal Lewis gives a hands-on walkthrough of the new {dplyr} 1.2.0 functions ✅ Tip for placing text annotations directly onto {ggplot2} plots ✅ {typstable}, a package for creating publication-ready tables in Typst Read the issue: buff.ly/ipKsqHH #rstats
This week on What's New in R: ✅ The release of dplyr 1.2.0, by Davis Vaughan ✅ The {shinymcp} package, developed by James Wade for turning Shiny apps into AI chat interfaces ✅ Dominic Royé’s tutorial on mapping building use with hexagonal grids Read the issue: buff.ly/LZsBIgw #rstats
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This week on What's New in R: ✅ Tutorial on visualizing biking data w/elevation profiles ✅ {typeR} package for simulating live typing in demos ✅ @kylewalker.bsky.social's guide to creating travel-time matrices for spatial analysis Read the issue: buff.ly/T7DqdIw @fgazzelloni.bsky.social #rstats
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