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libbyheeren.bsky.social
I have two mugs that are almost too huge to use, and they're both magnificent. This one makes my heart glow & is full of coffee. I guess it's vintage now! Or special edition? #rstats #databs #RStudio

(The other one is a Steven Universe mug covered in all the characters! It's almost a soup bowl 😂)
Libby's right hand holds a large white coffee mug that has the RStudio logo on it. The background is a white poster with North American bird species and illustrations on it.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
What do you love about your data job? Like, what's the part of your job that, if someone took it away, you'd find another job?

It might even be the thing other people dislike!

For me, it's talking to people and helping them troubleshoot, feel safe/seen, and learn to code.

#databs #rstats #pydata
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
randyau.com
This week on Counting Stuff, I dislike working on persona projects because they're usually started when there's a lot of -organizational level- nonsense going on. Plus they're technically nightmare fishing trips #dataBS

www.counting-stuff.com/i-dislike-pe...
I dislike persona projects
A rant about failure and magical thinking
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November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina.bsky.social) gave one of my very favorite keynotes of all time at #positconf this year 🥹 It really made my heart glow, and now that all the conf talks are on YouTube, you can watch it even if you missed conf!! #databs #rstats #python

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bM...
The Psychology of Technologists (Cat Hicks, Catharsis Consulting) | posit::conf(2025)
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November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
When you spend two days joking with your data friends about being old and not understanding Gen Z slang, and then @hadley.nz drops this 😂

I was like, was he sensing our conversations?! It's like when you worry your phone is listening to you #rstats #databs
hadley.nz Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 5d
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....

genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
new #dplyr filtering function who dis 😍 meet filter_out()!

👍 GO PUT A THUMBS UP ON DAVIS'S TIDYUP THINGY ON GITHUB TO SHARE MY ENTHUSIASMMMM!! #rstats #databs

And, you know, provide your thoughts on this newly-proposed function if you have them 😌
A screenshot of code that uses the dplyr function called filter, which is built to include rows, in order to exclude them instead. The result also filters out rows where values are NA, which isn't helpful usually. It then shows the messy code you'd need to use to not exclude those NAs, and compares it to some very clean code using a newly proposed function called filter_out, which does not exclude NAs. Libby has drawn silly illustrations all over this screenshot, like yucky faces for dropping NAs and a smily face saying, "new filtering function?"
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
Oh. My. Gosh. Data Science Lab was SO FUN today! Just casually sharing screens to walk through settings live was incredible.

I'm gonna start a thread here of some of the stuff we shared/learned together as a community. Great stuff was shared by all! #databs #rstats #python

🧵 1/n
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
dslc.io
From the DSLC.io aRchives:

🔵 ISLR: Deep Learning Part 1 youtu.be/h3BUIkPniIw

🔵 Feature Engineering: Working with Profile Data youtu.be/jMGv0RuQx_A

Visit dslc.video for hours of new #DataScience videos every week!

#dataBS #RStats
ISLR: Deep Learning Part 1 (islr03 10)
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November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
christiannolan.bsky.social
“Flexibility without fragmentation”

In addition to some solid alteration, it’s also a great explanation of how to build a data team and how your system can and should scale.

@colton.boo and Dennis Hume have an awesome new ebook on this topic, check it out!

#dataBS

dagster.io/how-to-scale...
How to Scale Data Teams | Free eBook from Dagster
Download Dagster's free eBook to learn how to build systems that scale with clarity, reliability, and confidence.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
dslc.io
Recent DSLC.io club meetings:

🔵🟢 DevOps4DS: Application Administration youtu.be/xUCRzNY29_c

🔵 Outstanding ShinyUI: Shiny and modern web development & Chapter 29 What to do next youtu.be/uZ_0r0HWmBk

Visit dslc.video for new #DataScience videos every week!

#dataBS #RStats #PyData #DevOps #RShiny
Devops for Data Science: Application Administration (do4ds02 10)
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November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
I have many thoughts and opinions about my two data-centric university degree programs. What questions do you have? Do you have "data" degrees? Did you get your degree before "data" was a thing? Did you skip the degree? What was your experience?

#rstats #databs #pydata
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
TOMORROW, I'm hosting what I'm calling Data Science Lab. This debut session will be our fave Positron settings for #rstats & #python 😍

I called it DS Lounge at first, but that doesn't feel right. You'll see "Lounge" when you register at pos.it/dslab, but future sessions will be "Lab" 🧪😎 #databs
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
dslc.io
Recent DSLC.io club meetings:

🔵 Data Visualization: Use larger axis labels & 25 Avoid line drawings youtu.be/PJ5vczWgh2A

Visit dslc.video for hours of new #DataScience videos every week!

#dataBS #RStats #PyData #DataViz
Fundamentals of Data Visualization: Use larger axis labels & Avoid line drawings (dataviz01 24 25)
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November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
I know I'm a nerd because most of what I want for Christmas is custom keyboard parts ⌨️🎄🎁 & working shiny apps

I know I'm an OLD nerd because the rest of what I want for Christmas is comfy stuff from the Jockey holiday catalog. Also there's the fact that I still use paper catalogs, I guess 😂 #databs
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
You know how in #RStudio, it puts your branch name at the top? Like "project_name - branch - RStudio" (shown here)

I want that in #Positron 🤔 and I haven't found a popular extension for it. (I think there is one that works in VSCode, but not in Positron!)

Any ideas, #rstats #databs crew?
Screenshot showing Positron and RStudio open side by side on the same R project. The Positron window is on the left with a dark-themed interface, file explorer, and source control pane visible. The RStudio window on the right uses a dark theme, displaying the same project files and a script open in the editor. Both editors show identical project content, highlighting the differences in interface design between Positron and RStudio.
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
There is no more productive time for me than after folks have gone to bed. I can work without interruption, no pings, no meetings to prep/debrief, nothing. But I do need some help getting there. My #ADHD brain often needs body-doubling in order to sort of co-regulate into focus-mode #ADHData #databs
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
It's basically the middle of the night for me, but I'm here at 7am to attend the FREE R/Pharma conf workshop titled "Advanced Clinical Reporting with {officer} and {flextable}" by David Gohel.

The officer pacakge is magical, and David is one of my data heroes for sure! #rstats #databs
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
dslc.io
Recent DSLC.io club meetings:

🔵 AdvR: OOP Introduction & Base types youtu.be/HUkOYL1F5RM

From the DSLC aRchives:

🔵 Advanced R: S4 youtu.be/unNfE1fDFEY

Visit dslc.video for hours of new #DataScience videos every week!

#dataBS #RStats
Advanced R: OOP Introduction & Base types (advr10 12)
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November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
#Rpharma conf is this week and it is NOT just for pharma folks. If you're not registered, it's FREE!

I'm sitting in a workshop now called Getting Started with LLM APIs in R 🤗 #rstats #databs

Free registration: events.zoom.us/ev/Ai-geyS63...
R/Pharma 2025
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November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
I had SO MUCH FUN making the data science trivia game for positconf Virtual Day this yr, & all I've wanted since then is to do it again! But it was a big lift to make it happen. What if I did daily trivia instead? I could do it as a poll on the data science community discord! #databs #python #rstats
Screenshot from the Posit::conf(2025) virtual event “Data Science Trivia Game.” Libby Heeren appears in the top-right corner, laughing as she hosts. The quiz question on screen reads: “This line of code will only run in one of these languages – which is it?” The code shown is {x: x**2 for x in [1,2,3,4,5]}, and the answer options are Julia, R, and Python. The Slido quiz interface shows it’s “Live quiz (1/42)” with 4 seconds left on the timer, and a colorful confetti-style emoji on the left is just below text that reads, “Join at slido.com.”
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
bharrap.bsky.social
Today I learned you can adopt a Unicode character!!

Who wants to name a star or buy a plot on the moon when you could lay claim to your favourite emoji?

It's like a way better version of the million dollar homepage #databs @unicode.org

aac.unicode.org
Unicode AAC
Help support Unicode’s efforts by adopting a character of your choosing today!
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November 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
libbyheeren.bsky.social
This summer, I sat down with my friend Saumita & give her an intro to ggplot2. She's a capable pythonista, so I skipped the fluff & just showed what plotting with #ggplot2 in #rstats can look like.

If you're in a similarly Just Curious re: ggplot2, lemme know!

#databs #python #matplotlib
Filled density plot comparing bill length distributions of Adelie penguins from three islands: Torgersen (blue), Biscoe (yellow), and Dream (pink). The x-axis shows bill length in millimeters, ranging from 32 to 44 mm, and the y-axis shows density. The overlapping curves indicate that Torgersen penguins have generally longer bills, while Dream and Biscoe penguins have slightly shorter and more varied bill lengths. The title reads “Adelie Penguins from Different Islands,” with a subtitle asking, “Do they have different bill lengths?” The ggplot2 plot utilizes the geomtextpath package to insert the island names floating above the density lines in the shape of the lines.
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
usrbinr.bsky.social
weekend goal #rstats #databs
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
dslc.io
From the DSLC.io aRchives:

🔵 Spatial Data Science: Large data and cloud native youtu.be/Bjoz2mxjXEs

Visit dslc.video for hours of new #DataScience videos every week!

#dataBS #RStats #spatial
Spatial Data Science: Large data and cloud native (spatial01 9)
YouTube video by Data Science Learning Community Videos
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November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
dslc.io
From the DSLC.io aRchives:

🔵 Advanced R: Translating R code youtu.be/REfQOHep_Ok

🔵 Advanced R: OOP Intro & Base Types youtu.be/IL6iJhAsZAY

Visit dslc.video for hours of new #DataScience videos every week!

#dataBS #RStats
Advanced R: Translating R code (advr09 21)
YouTube video by Data Science Learning Community Videos
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November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM