Ella Kaye
@ellakaye.co.uk
Senior Research Software Engineer at University of Warwick, working on sustainability and EDI in the R Project. SSI Fellow. I love #RStats, #QuartoPub and their communities. I also run @rainbowr.org, for LGBTQ+ folks who code in R 🌈
https://ellakaye.co.uk
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Ella Kaye
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ellakaye.co.uk
Hello! 👋
I am a Research Software Engineer working with @HeathrTurnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
on “Sustainability and EDI in the R Project”. I love #RStats and the R #community!
I run @rainbowr.bsky.social (with @oberman.bsky.social )
More at ellakaye.co.uk
Looking forward to connecting!
I am a Research Software Engineer working with @HeathrTurnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
on “Sustainability and EDI in the R Project”. I love #RStats and the R #community!
I run @rainbowr.bsky.social (with @oberman.bsky.social )
More at ellakaye.co.uk
Looking forward to connecting!
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🌈 The website for the inaugural rainbowR conference is now live! 🎉
🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026
📣 Call for submissions is open
👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members
conference.rainbowr.org
🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026
📣 Call for submissions is open
👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members
conference.rainbowr.org
– rainbowR conference
conference.rainbowr.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🌈 The website for the inaugural rainbowR conference is now live! 🎉
🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026
📣 Call for submissions is open
👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members
conference.rainbowr.org
🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026
📣 Call for submissions is open
👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members
conference.rainbowr.org
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Always wanted to learn how to create your own R Packages? Then take a look at this upcoming workshop with @ellakaye.co.uk ⬇️
Packages are essential to the #rstats ecosystem for sharing code, data, and documentation.
Join @ellakaye.co.uk's #GESISworkshop to learn how to write your own R 📦 from scratch, covering the whole process from setup to publication
More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/R_Pack_Dev_25
Join @ellakaye.co.uk's #GESISworkshop to learn how to write your own R 📦 from scratch, covering the whole process from setup to publication
More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/R_Pack_Dev_25
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Always wanted to learn how to create your own R Packages? Then take a look at this upcoming workshop with @ellakaye.co.uk ⬇️
Unit tests deemed unnecessary
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
"Statistical analysis used SPSS"
"Statistical analysis used SPSS"
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Unit tests deemed unnecessary
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📣We're hosting a rainbowR conference, to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and to showcase examples of working with LGBTQ+ data 🌈🎉 To help us plan, if you'd be interested in attending or speaking, please fill in this very short form (1-2 mins) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tx0...
Interested in a rainbowR Conference?
rainbowR (https://rainbowr.org) is hosting a virtual conference (tentative date: February 26, 2026). The aim of the conference is to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community, and to showca...
docs.google.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📣We're hosting a rainbowR conference, to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and to showcase examples of working with LGBTQ+ data 🌈🎉 To help us plan, if you'd be interested in attending or speaking, please fill in this very short form (1-2 mins) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tx0...
September 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
After 7.5 years in development (on-and-off), I am beyond excited to announce the release of the #RStats {pregnancy} package for tracking dates and medications in pregnancy and fertility treatment! There's a lightning talk about it at #PositConf2025 at 1pm EDT today.
ellakaye.github.io/pregnancy
ellakaye.github.io/pregnancy
Calculate and Track Dates and Medications During Pregnancy
Provides functionality for calculating pregnancy-related dates and tracking medications during pregnancy and fertility treatment. Calculates due dates from various starting points including last menst...
ellakaye.github.io
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
After 7.5 years in development (on-and-off), I am beyond excited to announce the release of the #RStats {pregnancy} package for tracking dates and medications in pregnancy and fertility treatment! There's a lightning talk about it at #PositConf2025 at 1pm EDT today.
ellakaye.github.io/pregnancy
ellakaye.github.io/pregnancy
Reposted by Ella Kaye
Reposted by Ella Kaye
Packages are essential to the #rstats ecosystem for sharing code, data, and documentation.
Join @ellakaye.co.uk's #GESISworkshop to learn how to write your own R 📦 from scratch, covering the whole process from setup to publication
More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/R_Pack_Dev_25
Join @ellakaye.co.uk's #GESISworkshop to learn how to write your own R 📦 from scratch, covering the whole process from setup to publication
More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/R_Pack_Dev_25
September 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Packages are essential to the #rstats ecosystem for sharing code, data, and documentation.
Join @ellakaye.co.uk's #GESISworkshop to learn how to write your own R 📦 from scratch, covering the whole process from setup to publication
More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/R_Pack_Dev_25
Join @ellakaye.co.uk's #GESISworkshop to learn how to write your own R 📦 from scratch, covering the whole process from setup to publication
More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/R_Pack_Dev_25
Once again, @davisvaughan.bsky.social's extrachecks have saved me from a likely CRAN rejection for an upcoming #RStats package submission. Thanks Davis! github.com/DavisVaughan...
GitHub - DavisVaughan/extrachecks
Contribute to DavisVaughan/extrachecks development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Once again, @davisvaughan.bsky.social's extrachecks have saved me from a likely CRAN rejection for an upcoming #RStats package submission. Thanks Davis! github.com/DavisVaughan...
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The R Contributor Site is now in #QuartoPub!
Check-out the new look, and all we do to support contributors (and aspiring contributors) to base #rstats, including events, tutorials and demos, and a Slack group.
https://contributor.r-project.org
Check-out the new look, and all we do to support contributors (and aspiring contributors) to base #rstats, including events, tutorials and demos, and a Slack group.
https://contributor.r-project.org
R Contributor Site – R Contributor
A site for people interested in contributing to R core - the code and documentation that gets distributed as base R.
contributor.r-project.org
August 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The R Contributor Site is now in #QuartoPub!
Check-out the new look, and all we do to support contributors (and aspiring contributors) to base #rstats, including events, tutorials and demos, and a Slack group.
https://contributor.r-project.org
Check-out the new look, and all we do to support contributors (and aspiring contributors) to base #rstats, including events, tutorials and demos, and a Slack group.
https://contributor.r-project.org
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🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday August 27th, 4pm UTC 🌈
- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻
➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻
➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
August 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday August 27th, 4pm UTC 🌈
- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻
➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻
➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
@djnavarro.net just came across your blog post blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2021-0... and it contains the solution to exactly the problem I was having - trying to get {cli} messages to format nicely in Quarto output. Thank you for figuring this out and taking the time to write it up and share 💜
Pretty little CLIs – Notes from a data witch
How to make a gorgeous command line interface in R using the cli package. Somewhere along the way I accidentally learned about ANSI control codes, which strikes me as unfortunate
blog.djnavarro.net
August 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
@djnavarro.net just came across your blog post blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2021-0... and it contains the solution to exactly the problem I was having - trying to get {cli} messages to format nicely in Quarto output. Thank you for figuring this out and taking the time to write it up and share 💜
Today is my last day as a Research Software Engineer.
From tomorrow, my promotion kicks in and I'll be a Senior Research Software Engineer!
From tomorrow, my promotion kicks in and I'll be a Senior Research Software Engineer!
July 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Today is my last day as a Research Software Engineer.
From tomorrow, my promotion kicks in and I'll be a Senior Research Software Engineer!
From tomorrow, my promotion kicks in and I'll be a Senior Research Software Engineer!
Tidying my bookcase. I knew I had two copies of 'Modern Applied Statistics with S' but didn't realise that one used to belong to Brian Ripley and the other is signed by Bill Venables. Unfortunately I don't have the 3.5" diskette!
July 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Tidying my bookcase. I knew I had two copies of 'Modern Applied Statistics with S' but didn't realise that one used to belong to Brian Ripley and the other is signed by Bill Venables. Unfortunately I don't have the 3.5" diskette!
Thanks for the mention @bsky.chrisbrownlie.com
this week in #rstats 🎆
- {quickr} Fortran transpiling 💨@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
- Positron out of beta 🎂 @posit.co
- C for R users 👩💻 @rladies.org @ellakaye.co.uk
- {zap} for efficient serialising ⚡ @coolbutuseless.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
and more!👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
- {quickr} Fortran transpiling 💨@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
- Positron out of beta 🎂 @posit.co
- C for R users 👩💻 @rladies.org @ellakaye.co.uk
- {zap} for efficient serialising ⚡ @coolbutuseless.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
and more!👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
This week in R (2025-07-04)
Positron's first stable release; contributing to base R with C; {zap} for efficient serialisation/compression; transpiling to Fortran with {quickr}, and more!
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July 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Thanks for the mention @bsky.chrisbrownlie.com
This was so much fun! Thank you R-Ladies Philly and @pipinghotdata.com for inviting and hosting me, and to those who attended for their time, interest, and thoughtful comments and questions.
The R-Ladies Philly 🔔 recording of "C for R users: contributing to base R" by @ellakaye.co.uk is available on YouTube! 🎉 Thank you for this fantastic presentation, Ella! 💜 #rstats #rladies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mQC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mQC...
July 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This was so much fun! Thank you R-Ladies Philly and @pipinghotdata.com for inviting and hosting me, and to those who attended for their time, interest, and thoughtful comments and questions.
So excited for this! As well as ‘C for R users’ I’ll be talking about contributing to base R more generally, and doing a live demo of the R Dev Container. #RStats
R-Ladies Philly 🔔 is thrilled to host "C for R users" by ✨Ella Kaye✨ on Tuesday, July 1 at 12pm EST. Hope you can join us! 💜 🤗 #rstats #rladies www.meetup.com/rladies-phil...
Lunch&Learn with Ella Kaye: C for R users, Tue, Jul 1, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
Much of base R is written in C. As R users, we may encounter this code when debugging our own code. As R contributors, we may wish to propose patches to the C code if we di
www.meetup.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So excited for this! As well as ‘C for R users’ I’ll be talking about contributing to base R more generally, and doing a live demo of the R Dev Container. #RStats
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🔗 To register for a free ticket, visit: rss.org.uk/training-eve...
@altealorenzo.bsky.social @rainbowr.org @ellakaye.co.uk #books #LGBTQ #data #statistics #classifications #categories #datascience #research #queer #queerdata
@altealorenzo.bsky.social @rainbowr.org @ellakaye.co.uk #books #LGBTQ #data #statistics #classifications #categories #datascience #research #queer #queerdata
Edinburgh
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June 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🔗 To register for a free ticket, visit: rss.org.uk/training-eve...
@altealorenzo.bsky.social @rainbowr.org @ellakaye.co.uk #books #LGBTQ #data #statistics #classifications #categories #datascience #research #queer #queerdata
@altealorenzo.bsky.social @rainbowr.org @ellakaye.co.uk #books #LGBTQ #data #statistics #classifications #categories #datascience #research #queer #queerdata
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💻 Forwards Package Development Workshop
A free short course on how to create an R package. Choose your cohort:
1️⃣ Every other Monday from June 2, 09:00-10:30 UTC:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qBJ_VAEfQHCU-DZKogPuGg#/registration
OR
2️⃣ Every other Tuesday from June 3, 14:30-16 […]
A free short course on how to create an R package. Choose your cohort:
1️⃣ Every other Monday from June 2, 09:00-10:30 UTC:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qBJ_VAEfQHCU-DZKogPuGg#/registration
OR
2️⃣ Every other Tuesday from June 3, 14:30-16 […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
May 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
💻 Forwards Package Development Workshop
A free short course on how to create an R package. Choose your cohort:
1️⃣ Every other Monday from June 2, 09:00-10:30 UTC:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qBJ_VAEfQHCU-DZKogPuGg#/registration
OR
2️⃣ Every other Tuesday from June 3, 14:30-16 […]
A free short course on how to create an R package. Choose your cohort:
1️⃣ Every other Monday from June 2, 09:00-10:30 UTC:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qBJ_VAEfQHCU-DZKogPuGg#/registration
OR
2️⃣ Every other Tuesday from June 3, 14:30-16 […]
Thanks @njokinjuki.bsky.social for this wonderful endorsement of the @rainbowr.org buddies scheme 🌈👯♂️ rainbowr.org/buddies
May 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thanks @njokinjuki.bsky.social for this wonderful endorsement of the @rainbowr.org buddies scheme 🌈👯♂️ rainbowr.org/buddies
Reposted by Ella Kaye
One of the warmest and most empowering communities I’ve found in the R world is @rainbowr.org 💜
✨ Their mission?
To connect, support, and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community and to spread awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through data-driven activism. 🌈📊
#RStats #RLadies
✨ Their mission?
To connect, support, and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community and to spread awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through data-driven activism. 🌈📊
#RStats #RLadies
rainbowR
rainbowr.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
One of the warmest and most empowering communities I’ve found in the R world is @rainbowr.org 💜
✨ Their mission?
To connect, support, and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community and to spread awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through data-driven activism. 🌈📊
#RStats #RLadies
✨ Their mission?
To connect, support, and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community and to spread awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through data-driven activism. 🌈📊
#RStats #RLadies
Reposted by Ella Kaye
Calling all #rstats friends in Australia/Oceania!
Exciting news! Fonti Kar (@fontikar.bsky.social) and I are forming a "C Study Group for R Contributors" in 2025. It's like getting skills to help build the Millennium Falcon of programming languages!
1/n
Exciting news! Fonti Kar (@fontikar.bsky.social) and I are forming a "C Study Group for R Contributors" in 2025. It's like getting skills to help build the Millennium Falcon of programming languages!
1/n
May 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Calling all #rstats friends in Australia/Oceania!
Exciting news! Fonti Kar (@fontikar.bsky.social) and I are forming a "C Study Group for R Contributors" in 2025. It's like getting skills to help build the Millennium Falcon of programming languages!
1/n
Exciting news! Fonti Kar (@fontikar.bsky.social) and I are forming a "C Study Group for R Contributors" in 2025. It's like getting skills to help build the Millennium Falcon of programming languages!
1/n
Reposted by Ella Kaye
Thanks! I did initially find it confusing (especially since this chart was adapted from one of my previous penguins plots).
I ended up using the really helpful converter function by @ellakaye.co.uk to fix it for me: ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins/
I ended up using the really helpful converter function by @ellakaye.co.uk to fix it for me: ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins/
Convert Files that Use palmerpenguins to Work with datasets
From R 4.5.0, the datasets package includes the penguins and penguins_raw data sets popularised in the palmerpenguins package. basepenguins takes files that use the palmerpenguins package and converts...
ellakaye.github.io
April 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thanks! I did initially find it confusing (especially since this chart was adapted from one of my previous penguins plots).
I ended up using the really helpful converter function by @ellakaye.co.uk to fix it for me: ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins/
I ended up using the really helpful converter function by @ellakaye.co.uk to fix it for me: ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins/
Reposted by Ella Kaye
A quick plot for #TidyTuesday this week - celebrating the addition of the penguins data into base R 🐧 I used {ggdist} to plot the distribution of body weights with four different chart types in one! 📊
I couldn't quite decide whether I prefer the light or dark version💡
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
I couldn't quite decide whether I prefer the light or dark version💡
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
April 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A quick plot for #TidyTuesday this week - celebrating the addition of the penguins data into base R 🐧 I used {ggdist} to plot the distribution of body weights with four different chart types in one! 📊
I couldn't quite decide whether I prefer the light or dark version💡
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
I couldn't quite decide whether I prefer the light or dark version💡
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
‘gait’ is only the second array in R’s datasets package! All the examples in #RStats help pages that used ‘iris3’ have now been replaced to use ‘gait’ or another built-in dataset. This is especially neat for ‘duplicated()’ because ‘gait’ features genuine duplication - one boy was measured twice.
'gait' is a potential replacement for the 3-d array uses of 'iris', just as 'penguins' can replace the data frame uses.
April 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
‘gait’ is only the second array in R’s datasets package! All the examples in #RStats help pages that used ‘iris3’ have now been replaced to use ‘gait’ or another built-in dataset. This is especially neat for ‘duplicated()’ because ‘gait’ features genuine duplication - one boy was measured twice.