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Rhian Davies
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You can find an overview of different pkg for parallelisation on CRAN task views

cran.r-project.org/web/views/Hi...

I think my first goto would be reading the articles from the {futures} package

future.futureverse.org/articles/fut...

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CRAN Task View: High-Performance and Parallel Computing with R
This CRAN Task View contains a list of packages, grouped by topic, that are useful for high-performance computing (HPC) with R. In this context, we are defining ‘high-performance computing’ rather loo...
cran.r-project.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
+1 for Paul's comment. I used to teach Efficient R and the best speed-ups people found were often from

- Using more compute
- Profiling to identify bottlenecks

This book is a bit out of date but has good concepts: csgillespie.github.io/efficientR/p...

If you still need parallel in R... ⬇️
7 Efficient optimisation | Efficient R programming
Efficient R Programming is about increasing the amount of work you can do with R in a given amount of time. It’s about both computational and programmer efficiency.
csgillespie.github.io
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I didn't know about this roundup! It's really useful. Thanks for the shout out!
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It did! The matrix is such a helpful visual aid. 🙏
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I gave a talk on #QA in #GitHub: ditch the spreadsheets, embed QA in your workflow, make it a habit.

More details ⬇️

🛝 slides: statsrhian.github.io/qa-in-github
📝 blog post: rhian.rbind.io/posts/2025-1...

#rstats #rap #quality-assurance
Ditch the Spreadsheets
statsrhian.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I've been waiting for this recording to go up because I've heard _so many people_ say how useful it was. And I too am a very frustrated {renv} user. Thanks @pipinghotdata.com 🙏
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I didn't know you were taking lessons. Awesome! 🎹
October 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM