R Weekly Highlights

00:37:00

Issue 2026-W40 Highlights

R Weekly Highlights ·

2026/10/02

After a massive backlog issue sprint, the foundational {knitr} gains terrific updates to supercharge SQL code chunks. The R Project moves to an open source platform for asynchronous communication, and a key technique for bringing the user's perspective on error messages when you test your R package.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batoolmm.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @batool664 (X/Twitter)The knitr SQL Engine Grows UpZulip Chat for the R ProjectSnapshotting error messagesEntire

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00:51:26

Issue 2026-W39 Highlights

R Weekly Highlights ·

2026/09/25

Have you found a rogue line of rm(list=ls()) in your R scripts? Then we have a terrific update to a package to find those environment issues and much more. Plus a candid take on the lifecycle of spreadsheet-creating packages, and how to take matters to your "R" hands when faced with a perplexing reviewer comment. Mike and I also share our takeaways from an eventful posit::conf(2026)!Episode LinksThis week's curator: Colin Fay - @colinfay@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @colinfay.bsky.social (Bluesky)

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00:39:48

Issue 2026-W37 Highlights

R Weekly Highlights ·

2026/09/11

A data-driven investigation on how September is a dangerous month for bikers in Wisconsin, a novel look at the distribution of castles across the globe, and the fundamentals behind an influential analysis method commonly used in experimental designs.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jonathan Kitt - @jonathankitt.bsky.social (Bluesky)Madison bike crashes peak in SeptemberAn Atlas of StoneRepeated measures ANOVA in REntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W37Supplement ResourcesMadison Bikes

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00:27:10

Issue 2026-W36 Highlights

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2026/09/04

The newest linter on the R block gains a bold new feature in version 0.6.0, and a new package documentation framework altdown enters the world.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Jarl 0.6.0: A fast R linterA new take on documentation sites for R packagesEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W36Supplement ResourcesArk: An R kernel https://github.com/posit-dev/arkArf: Alternative R Frontend

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00:41:04

Issue 2026-W35 Highlights

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2026/08/28

A collection of techniques to unlock creativity for your next visualisation, a look at the exciting present and future of the futurize transpiler package, and how to avoid an all-to-common pitfall managing database connections in mirai daemons.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) & @theRcast (X/Twitter)Why creativity matters in data visualisationuseR! 2026: Futurize - Tearing Down Parallelization Barriers in

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00:45:17

Issue 2026-W33 Highlights

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2026/08/14

A collection of tips to ensure reproducibility for R-based clinical submissions, a modern architecture lands in R-Universe, and going beyond the built-in mtcars set to educate students with NYC Open Data.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)Making R Submissions Reviewable for FDAWindows ARM64 comes to R-universeThe Journey of {nycOpenData}: From Classroom to CommunityEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W33Supplement

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00:33:41

Issue 2026-W32 Highlights

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2026/08/07

Orchestrating multiple package quality checking frameworks all within a single R package, and how learning in the world of AI has fundamentally shifted once you get over that initial hump (inspired by a quick quote from one of your hosts).Episode LinksThis week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batoolmm.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @batool664 (X/Twitter)rsonar: The R equivalent of SonarQube - centralizes code quality analysis into a single interactive reportCognitive Courage: The Real Bottleneck to

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00:48:39

Issue 2026-W31 Highlights

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2026/07/31

The value of community and sustainability in full view at UserR 2026, a new tool ready to equip reproducibility and more for command-line utilities built with R, and the conclusion to LLM-prompting black magic that draws upon the awesome glue package.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Colin Fay - @colinfay@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @colinfay.bsky.social (Bluesky) & [@_ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/_ColinFay) (X/Twitter)What Makes R Strong: Reflections from useR! 2026ir 0.1.0:

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00:45:36

Issue 2026-W30 Highlights

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2026/07/24

The first wave of 2026 R Consortium technical grants has arrived, how the new ggchord2 can round out your next process visualizations, and a clever take on supplementing your prompts with R objects.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) & @theRcast (X/Twitter)R Consortium Awards First Round of 2026 Technical GrantsChord diagrams in R with ggchord2R Blackmagic for LLM PromptingEntire issue available at

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00:42:54

Issue 2026-W29 Highlights

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2026/07/17

An exciting new way to search and discover R packages wrapping novel technology, how the new checktor package finds the key issues standard checks will miss, and yes, you can play Doom in R (what?)Episode LinksThis week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @R_by_Ryo@mstdn.social (Mastodon) & @rbyryo.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @R_by_Ryo) (X/Twitter)Searching the R Ecosystem by Function, Not Package NameThe Check Passed. The Reviewer Didn’t.{rdoom} is a playable version of Doom for R.Entire issue

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00:32:50

Issue 2026-W28 Highlights

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2026/07/10

A set of principles to enhance testing APIs created inside R, and the engine behind automatic reloading of rendered Shiny apps becomes available for new use cases.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)Testing Your Plumber APIs from Rwatcher 0.2.0: filesystem watching for R, and the engine behind Shiny auto-reloadEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W28Supplement Resources{plumber2}: https://plumber2.posit.co/{httr2}:

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00:33:37

Issue 2026-W26 Highlights

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2026/06/26

The R Core team receives a prestigious award in the world of Statistics, a month-long recognition of the rOpenSci package maintainers, and a collection of helpful tips for obtaining robust R code from AI agents.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) & @theRcast (X/Twitter)2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics Awarded to R Core Team for Transforming Statistics Computing WorldwideCelebrating Our Maintainers during

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00:40:24

Issue 2026-W25 Highlights

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2026/06/20

The evolution of Posit's data science agents, robust approaches to unnamed parameters in R functions, and the power of math and visualization collide in an unexpected way.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)A brief and biased history of Posit data science agentsThree small dots for more readable codeLittle useless-useful R functions – Ulam Prime SpiralEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W25Supplement ResourcesUlam Spiral

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00:40:19

Issue 2026-W24 Highlights

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2026/06/12

A friendly reminder on checking customization when upgrading R, how refactoring may not be so tedious when using the Jarl utility, and honest takes on various code smells you can prevent in your next testing suite.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batoolmm.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @batool664 (X/Twitter)The Lurking Dangers of the R Version UpdateRefactoring with Jarl: a coffee chat11 Test Smells That Make Your Tests Lie to YouEntire issue available at

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00:39:31

Issue 2026-W23 Highlights

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2026/06/05

R is capable of many analyes in the world of data science, but can it build a computer? Also a massive usability feature landing in the latest bslib to power up your cards, and optimizing memory usage with the latest rleases of mirai and mori.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jonathan Kitt - @jonathankitt.bsky.social (Bluesky)Building a Computer in RIntroducing Toolbars: Supercharge your Cards and InputsA memory model for production async R: mirai 2.7.0 and mori 0.2.0Entire issue available at

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00:44:56

Issue 2026-W22 Highlights

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2026/05/29

The power of choice is in full effect! How you can leverage GitLab to publish your next Quarto document online, how to bring key R functional paradigms to a Python session, and adding a larger safety net with your unit tests with {mutagen} 0.2.0.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Carroll - @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy (Bluesky) & @carroll_jono (X/Twitter)Deploying Quarto documents with GitLabFunctions over Idioms - Writing R in Python with

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00:37:04

Issue 2026-W21 Highlights

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2026/05/22

Applying novel statistical and visualization techniques to predict war duration, why there is more than meets the statistical eye behind a classical model benchmarking statistic, and celebrating a major milestone for pioneers in open science with R.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Colin Fay - @colinfay@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @colinfay.bsky.social (Bluesky) & [@_ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/_ColinFay) (X/Twitter)Durations of wars by @ellis2013nzLearning Data Science: Why a High R^2 Can

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00:30:36

Issue 2026-W20 Highlights

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2026/05/15

A massive milestone for the language that eventually led to the R we know and love, plus a comprehensive look at two popular workflow frameworks across the R and Python ecosystems.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)S at 50Comparing R's {targets} and dbt for Data EngineeringEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W20Supplement ResourcesFifty years of S poster

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00:43:30

Issue 2026-W19 Highlights

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2026/05/08

If Shiny wasn't awesome enough, a new toolkit is bringing the awesome to new heights! Plus a handful of ggplot2 functions that can immediate impact common visualization operations, and knitr gains support for a much-hyped typesetting format for the static document crowd.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) & @theRcast (X/Twitter)Announcing shiny.webawesome: a web UI package for R/ShinyFive ggplot2 functions I

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00:33:03

Issue 2026-W18 Highlights

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2026/05/02

How the new logrittr package gives you a peek behind the tidy pipelines of dplyr, and a fascinating glimpse into the universe of seeds going far beyond a favorite 80's song.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jonathan Kitt - @jonathankitt.bsky.social (Bluesky)logrittr: A Verbose Pipe Operator for Logging dplyr PipelinesGenerating universes within universes with a single seedWorking Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks & Real-World LessonsEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W18Supplement

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