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Trying to get approval to attend posit::conf(2026)? We put together a guide with a customizable email template you can send to your manager. Join us in Houston, September 14 - 16. posit.co/conference Approval Guide: irp.cdn-website.com/d4d6e48c/fil...
"We have no agency to slow down AI, but we do have agency to help people avoid some of the harms in getting incorrect answers." Posit CTO Joe Cheng on why he kept building anyway. Listen on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/5pD6...) and Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...).
We built an AI dashboard with Posit AI and shared it with a client the same day, no IT required. Watch the replay here: posit.co/webinar/publ...
Two tracks to spotlight at posit::conf(2026) built for people who take R seriously as a craft. R Nerds: optimization, testing, function design. Shiny in Pieces: architecture, modules, production-grade apps. Full program: conf.posit.co/2026/sessions #positconf2026 #rstats #shiny
"It's basically telling them — giving them permission not to be miserable." Caitlin Colgrove, CTO of Hex, on her coaching approach for engineers — on The Test Set. More orgs should do this. Listen now on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/75Ul...) & Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...)
Data science by day. 80s party by night. posit::conf(2026) wraps day one with retro arcade games and a live cover band in Houston. September 14–16. conf.posit.co/2026/sessions
Posit has joined the Jupyter Foundation! 🎉 @jupyter.org has powered interactive computing across our tools for years, from Notebooks to the kernels behind Positron. Now we're helping fund the infrastructure and community that keep it thriving. Read the blog: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...
Early bird pricing for posit::conf(2026) closes at midnight ET tonight. $1,199 → $1,349 after tonight. Academic rate: $749 year-round. 119 talks. 30 sessions. Houston, TX. September 14–16. posit.co/conference/
posit::conf(2026) speakers this year: NYT, Capital One, Boehringer Ingelheim, Houston Methodist, United Nations - plus the open source teams behind tidyverse, Quarto, Shiny, and pandas. The hallway conversations alone are worth the trip. Early bird pricing open through June 22: posit.co/conference/
Posit Connect Cloud Advanced plan. Team RBAC, email authentication, and custom domains starting at $249/month for 5 seats. Buy with a credit card, no PO, no sales call. posit.co/blog/introdu...
"That's sales. That's marketing. That's really all it is." Alex Hillman dropping the cleanest possible reframe on The Test Set. Listen now on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/0JsG...) and Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...).
Building AI-powered apps for clients? Join us June 30th for a practical walkthrough — from prototype to delivered asset using Posit AI + Connect Cloud. No DevOps. No rebuilding from scratch every review cycle. June 30 | 11AM EST Register: posit.co/webinar/publ... #Posit #AI #DataScience #Python
"It's marketing and sales for people who are allergic to marketing and sales." Alex Hillman on The Test Set, on why engineers are secretly good at this. Coming soon on The Test Set: posit.co/thetestset
And that’s a wrap on PyData London 2026! A highlight for us was watching Neal Richardson @enpiar.bsky.social take the stage for his talk, "MCP, or not MCP". We are proud to sponsor such an incredible event. Thanks to the organizers and everyone who came by to chat. We’ll see you next at SciPy!
Mike Bostock's first data viz library ran on three 1x1 pixel GIFs and raw HTML tables. It kind of made a bar chart. He went on to build D3. Listen now on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/01BJ...) and Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...).
Posit attended SOF Week in Tampa last month. Great conversations with DoD analytics teams doing mission-critical work in R & Python in air-gapped environments. posit.co/solutions/public-sector?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sof-week-2026
Beneva swapped fragile Excel and VBA workflows for Posit Team and Snowflake. Their Kamino claim-auditing app went from idea to production in three months, and up to 100 actuaries now build their own tools. "People actually like to do reviews now." posit.co/about/custom...
Ask for the bullet list, get vibes. Ask for the query, get receipts. "The agent can lie to you with text, but it can't lie to you with code." — Mike Bostock on The Test Set. Listen now on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/01BJ...) and Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...).
Have you seen that the new Posit Open Source website is live? We’ve made sure that it looks and feels amazing, that it’s accessible, and that it works on all devices. Let us know what you think! 🔗 opensource.posit.co
Posit Academy is live. Free courses, hands-on labs, and guided Apprenticeships built for Posit tools. A path for every kind of learner. 👉 academy.posit.co #RStats #PositAcademy
"If I make a chart, I need to stop for five minutes and look at the damn thing." Vincent Warmerdam on The Test Set making the case that staring at a chart is still a skill. One of the more quietly radical takes of the AI era. Listen now on The Test Set posit.co/thetestset/e....
Paige Bailey built an app that roasts your Last.fm history. Her pitch: If you’re using the same model over and over, get roasted, laugh a little, try something new. Listen now on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/3dDo...) or Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...).
We’re excited to launch the Posit Open Source website! 🚀 We’ve unified 15+ years of tools, 900+ blogs, and 1,600+ videos in one place. Explore it here: opensource.posit.co Huge thanks to the team: @cwick.co.nz Greg Swinehart @hadley.nz @ivelasq3.bsky.social @jeroenjanssens.com
Your analysis is only as good as how it lands. A static PDF doesn't move. A live dashboard your client returns to — that's what keeps you in the room. posit.co/ebook/data-science-consultant-handbook?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=cc-ebook&utm_content=consultants-guide
Quarto 1.9 brings Typst even closer to LaTeX parity with 📖 Typst Books, ✍️ margins for figures, tables, and citations via the Marginalia package, and 🛜 new typst-gather tool for reliable, offline rendering. Details here: quarto.org/docs/blog/po...
Posit is at SOF Week 2026 in Tampa (May 18–21) — data science infrastructure built for air-gapped and classified environments. posit.co/solutions/public-sector?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=sof-week-2026&utm_content=public-sector-solutions #SOFWeek2026 #DefenseTech
R/Medicine kicks off this week! 🧬 If you’re attending, catch our Posit colleagues Charlotte, François, and Sara for incredible talks and workshops. It’s going to be a fantastic week of learning! If you'd like to speak at an event, there are several open CFPs. We'd love to hear your story.
Happy Monday, everybody! We're shifting from CFP season to actual event season, and hope to see you at SDSS and R/Medicine! If you know of any great speaking opportunities that I should add to the list, let us know!