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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah! Good stuff.

Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · 3d

Working with data where columns contain nested data structures is easier in R (e.g. JSON). Packages like {purrr} and {dplyr} let you to manipulate columns of arbitrary types using the same APIs. The NSE in R is also very helpful here.

I also think {tidymodels} has the best UX for ML work.

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Joseph Barbier @joseph-barbier.bsky.social · 4d

I've started working on an R package that makes it easy to write Typst markup dynamically! #rstats

It's still in its early stages, but it implements:
- ✅ all Typst functions
- ✅ set rules
- ✅ conversion from R to Typst (`NULL` becomes `none`, etc)
- ✅ no dependencies

github.com/y-sunflower/r2typ

A quarto typst output showcasing usage of the new r2typ R package that converts R code to Typst markup. It draws a blue circle with red border and a text in the center "My favorite food is cookies".

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Posit @posit.co · 4d

Announcing plumber2 0.1.0! 🔧

The next-gen #RStats framework for building web servers and REST APIs is here. It's a rewrite of plumber with a modern foundation.

Key features include async support via mirai, native WebSockets, and serving of Shiny/Quarto.

Learn more: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · 5d

Hey y’all. I’m writing a blog series on performance optimization of REST APIs written in R using {plumber2}. First post is at the following link; it’s about speeding up endpoints by tweaking object serialization code. #rstats

joekirincic.com/posts/perfor...

Performance Optimization for Plumber APIs: Serialization – Joe Kirincic

A series of posts about making your Plumber APIs production ready.

joekirincic.com

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Tomasz Kalinowski @t-kalinowski.bsky.social · 7d

reticulate v1.44 is on CRAN!

Positron integration is now enabled by default. Enjoy R and Python REPL consoles powered by concurrent threads in the same process, zero‑copy R↔Python data transfer, and full Variables Pane support.

Full changelog: github.com/rstudio/reti...

#rstats #python #pydata

github.com

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · 7d

Hell yeah! Do it. Try getting a friend involved that can hold you accountable. My friend and I are aiming to have something written every month.

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 14d

#NoKings Miami!

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 14d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · 25d

Hero.

Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · 26d

You have a handful of options to try. The package {duckdb}’s already been mentioned, and is good. There’s a similar package {duckplyr} that also works well. The {arrow} package is also great for reading in large amounts of CSVs.

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · Sep 30

Sick find. Thanks, G!

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R Works @rworks.bsky.social · Sep 29

August 2025's Top 40 picks are out, highlighting excellent #RStats packages from Differential Privacy to Toxicology to Causal Inference.

This marks 1 year of Top 40 posts since we started R Works! 🎉

Check out the post here: rworks.dev/posts/august...

August 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packages – R Works

Here are my picks for the best from the ninety-seven new packages that landed on CRAN in August, organized in eighteen categories: Causal Inference, Data, Differential Privacy, Ecology, Environmental ...

rworks.dev

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · Sep 24

I am super hyped to finally share the first release of plumber2 with all of you. This has been the center of my attention for a big part of 2025 and I hope you'll find it a worthy update to the venerable plumber package.

The blog post will tell you more

#rstats

plumber2 0.1.0

plumber2, a complete rewrite of plumber, has landed on CRAN, providing a modern, future proof solution for creating web servers in R. Read all about the new features here.

www.tidyverse.org

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · Sep 23

If you’re in RStudio, I think {ellmer} offers the most flexibility. You can start a live chat session in the viewer pane if you don’t want to switch between the IDE and your browser. You can also interact with LLMs programmatically.

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novica @novica.bsky.social · Sep 21

If you were thinking about #ducklake in #rstats here is a blogpost that can help you get started.

Jumping in the Ducklake with nothing but R on – Discindo

Navigating the strange world of lakes, table formats, and catalogs from R

discindo.org

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Jon Harmon (he/him/his) @jonthegeek.com · Sep 16

Come find me at #PositConf2025 this week... when I'm not peopled out and hiding in my room 🙃

TOTALLY urelated: {stbl} 0.2.0 is on CRAN! stbl.api2r.org

Want to make sure functions arguments have the expected properties (or fail informatively)? {stbl} can help!

#RStats

Stabilize Function Arguments

A set of consistent, opinionated functions to quickly check function arguments, coerce them to the desired configuration, or deliver informative error messages when that is not possible.

stbl.api2r.org

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · Sep 16

This building is huge!

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · Sep 16

It’s the hydra we learn to love.

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · Sep 16

Yep, still here!

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · Sep 15

At posit::conf(2025) this week, I’ll be giving a talk about optimizing REST API performance. If making fast web services even faster is your thing, this talk’s for you. We’ll focus on APIs written in R with {plumber}, but the strategies can be used with APIs written in any language. #rstats #python

A poster for posit::conf(2025) that says “I’m speaking at posit conf 2025.”

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Kara Woo @karawoo.com · Sep 12

yessssss, arm64 linux binaries in posit package manager!! #rstats packagemanager.posit.co/client/#/wha...

Posit Package Manager

packagemanager.posit.co

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Posit @posit.co · Sep 10

Are you an RStudio user thinking about trying Positron? We put together some resources to help with the transition.

Learn how to import your keybindings and handle projects while gaining a more flexible environment for both #RStats and Python.

Check out the guide: positron.posit.co/migrate-rstu...

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Christian Düben @cdueben.bsky.social · Sep 9

David Kreitmeir and I published the synthetic matching method from Kreitmeir et al. (2025) as an #rstats package on CRAN (cran.r-project.org/package=synt...). Whereas my other recent R packages are primarily wrappers of my C++ code, synthReturn is a full R package (Fortran only in dependencies).

synthReturn: Synthetic Matching Method for Returns

Implements the revised Synthetic Matching Algorithm of Kreitmeir, Lane, and Raschky (2025) <<a href="https://doi.org/10.2139%2Fssrn.3751162" target="_top">doi:10.2139/ssrn.3751162</a>>, building...

CRAN.R-project.org

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Joe Kirincic @jkirincic.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hella stoked about this!

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