Have some free time this weekend? How about 2,500 hours?

The recordings from posit::conf(2025) are now online!

Learn about the innovations and insights from conf. We celebrated #RStats and #Python, with a focus on next-gen tools & #AI integration.

See the info here: posit.co/blog/talks-a...

testthat 3.3.0 out now! This is a massive release with tons of improvements including better failure messages, new expectations, improved snapshotting, new vignettes, and much much more: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11... Post includes some thoughts on developing an #rstats package with Claude Code.

Interested in using your data skills for public service locally? My 5-minute #PositConf2025 lightning talk aims to give you some ideas for inspiration! Now on YouTube:
youtu.be/fSAoCcZD--Y?...

The recording of my #rstats posit::conf talk ✨ practical {renv}✨ is available! 🎉

I created this talk for frustrated {renv} users 🫠 and potential {renv} users🤩

youtu.be/l01u7Ue9pIQ?...

Even if {renv} isn't on your radar, you may still find this talk interesting if you are curious about🤔...

Join a webinar on 17 Nov to find out how you can boost efficiency & confidence with AI & access fully-funded project support.

‘Hands-on Data and AI support for SMEs’ provides practical, bespoke support for Scottish SMEs & social enterprises.

Register: community.thedatalab.com/networks/eve...

📊 Official statistics must serve everyone, not just government. The RSS calls for a new partnership between producers & users, built on transparency, engagement & co-design. Read our new position paper calling for a better system: bit.ly/3LNwKwU #Statistics #PublicData

Does it make sense to travel to a professional conference after you've retired? I decided to find out! How it went at the #Positconf2025 data science event in Atlanta last week:
nextchapter.machlis.com/posts/2025-0...

#NextChapter #Retirement

🚀 We released version 0.3 of the DuckLake specification and the DuckDB ducklake extension today. It includes interoperability with Iceberg, support for geometry types and more.

Check the announcement blog for more details ducklake.select/2025/09/17/d...

Posit::conf(2025)

"Purrrfectly parallel, purrrfectly distributed"

The slides from the talk are available at: shikokuchuo-posit2025.share.connect.posit.cloud

See why we now have parallel purrr, powered by mirai, and how to use it to distribute compute to other machines.

#positconf2025 #tidyverse

Shannon's slides are always so unbelievably clear and helpful!!!

github.com/shannonpileg...

I'm having "Ohhhhh that's what that means" moments every 10 seconds here.
#positconf2025

There will be a posit::conf(2026) Europe, location to be determined

#Positconf #Positconf2025 #Positconf2026

One of my favorite #PositConf things, from @hadley.nz : the Pac-Man inclusiveness "rule"
#PositConf2025

📈 DuckDB 1.4.0 is out! This is our first LTS release which comes with *one year of community support*. It also supports database encryption, the MERGE SQL statement and Iceberg writes.

For more details, read the announcement blog post at
duckdb.org/2025/09/16/a...

Waves to those going to #PositConf2025 this year. Especially to any other Scots/UK or #Disabled folk 👋. This is realistically the only way someone like me can attend conferences. Highly recommend joining the conference Discord server for realtime discussion around the sessions and finding your clan.

Understanding how location access differs by time of day can be critical for emergency services, delivery networks, and your business.

With @mapbox.com tools, we can model this with time-aware isochrones, then visualize on a map with a comparison slider.

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