David Robinson
@drob.bsky.social
Director of Engineering at Heap. #rstats fan. Dad x2. He/him
My son came up with a silly language where you add -ie to the end of each word. Like a shirt is a “shirtie” or milk is “milkie”
So I told him about Australia and he absolutely lost it
So I told him about Australia and he absolutely lost it
February 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My son came up with a silly language where you add -ie to the end of each word. Like a shirt is a “shirtie” or milk is “milkie”
So I told him about Australia and he absolutely lost it
So I told him about Australia and he absolutely lost it
Blown away
Using OpenAI’s Deep Research is like collaborating with a PhD student
(It told me it would get right on it then ghosted me)
Using OpenAI’s Deep Research is like collaborating with a PhD student
(It told me it would get right on it then ghosted me)
February 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Blown away
Using OpenAI’s Deep Research is like collaborating with a PhD student
(It told me it would get right on it then ghosted me)
Using OpenAI’s Deep Research is like collaborating with a PhD student
(It told me it would get right on it then ghosted me)
Being able to read is OP for a dad
I take my son around the Natural History Museum, he asks about anything, and I rattle off what the plaque says
He thinks I’m a goddamn genius
I take my son around the Natural History Museum, he asks about anything, and I rattle off what the plaque says
He thinks I’m a goddamn genius
February 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Being able to read is OP for a dad
I take my son around the Natural History Museum, he asks about anything, and I rattle off what the plaque says
He thinks I’m a goddamn genius
I take my son around the Natural History Museum, he asks about anything, and I rattle off what the plaque says
He thinks I’m a goddamn genius
Reposted by David Robinson
Here is a talk by @drob.bsky.social at @posit.co's conf 2019. The ideas shaped and voiced there are priceless. I've been suggesting this talk to my @datavizartskill.ikashnitsky.phd students ever since, and hopefully some of them found it as useful and motivating /3
youtu.be/th79W4rv67g?...
youtu.be/th79W4rv67g?...
David Robinson | The unreasonable effectiveness of public work | RStudio (2019)
YouTube video by Posit PBC
youtu.be
January 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Here is a talk by @drob.bsky.social at @posit.co's conf 2019. The ideas shaped and voiced there are priceless. I've been suggesting this talk to my @datavizartskill.ikashnitsky.phd students ever since, and hopefully some of them found it as useful and motivating /3
youtu.be/th79W4rv67g?...
youtu.be/th79W4rv67g?...
"How did you spend 2024?"
"I'll tell you how I spent 5% of it"
"I'll tell you how I spent 5% of it"
December 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM
"How did you spend 2024?"
"I'll tell you how I spent 5% of it"
"I'll tell you how I spent 5% of it"
My #rstats solution to Day 2 of #adventofcode
* I feel like half of Advent of Code puzzles need a diff(), especially in the early days!
* Didn't use much tidyverse today (except map_lgl and between, but those could have easily been replaced)
* I feel like half of Advent of Code puzzles need a diff(), especially in the early days!
* Didn't use much tidyverse today (except map_lgl and between, but those could have easily been replaced)
![library(tidyverse)
library(adventdrob)
input <- advent_input(2, 2024)
x <- input$x
is_safe <- function(report) {
d <- diff(report)
return((all(d > 0) || all(d < 0)) && all(between(abs(d), 1, 3)))
}
is_safe_part2 <- function(report) {
return(is_safe(report) ||
any(map_lgl(seq_along(report), \(i) is_safe(report[-i]))))
}
input$x %>%
str_split(" ") %>%
map(as.numeric) %>%
map_lgl(is_safe_part2) %>%
sum()](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rff3kxjcyd7ubwv6ymktay4h/bafkreig5mlmwy6h6j6aqhxs3hi67ibicktbxzw6xaxbttreuz5xcbgcdiy@jpeg)
December 2, 2024 at 5:26 AM
My #rstats solution to Day 2 of #adventofcode
* I feel like half of Advent of Code puzzles need a diff(), especially in the early days!
* Didn't use much tidyverse today (except map_lgl and between, but those could have easily been replaced)
* I feel like half of Advent of Code puzzles need a diff(), especially in the early days!
* Didn't use much tidyverse today (except map_lgl and between, but those could have easily been replaced)
My #rstats solution to Day 1 of #adventofcode
* Fun use of gather and spread (I know I'm supposed to be using pivot_longer and pivot_wider, but old-dog-new-tricks)
* One step I got stuck on was setting a ties.method in rank()
* Fun use of gather and spread (I know I'm supposed to be using pivot_longer and pivot_wider, but old-dog-new-tricks)
* One step I got stuck on was setting a ties.method in rank()
December 1, 2024 at 5:12 AM
My #rstats solution to Day 1 of #adventofcode
* Fun use of gather and spread (I know I'm supposed to be using pivot_longer and pivot_wider, but old-dog-new-tricks)
* One step I got stuck on was setting a ties.method in rank()
* Fun use of gather and spread (I know I'm supposed to be using pivot_longer and pivot_wider, but old-dog-new-tricks)
* One step I got stuck on was setting a ties.method in rank()
My wife Dana is hiring a full-time Data Engineer at her company!
Great role for someone with strong experience in Python, dbt, and Snowflake who wants to join a growing startup in the government data space
Please forward to strong data folks you know!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
Great role for someone with strong experience in Python, dbt, and Snowflake who wants to join a growing startup in the government data space
Please forward to strong data folks you know!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
November 26, 2024 at 5:51 PM
My wife Dana is hiring a full-time Data Engineer at her company!
Great role for someone with strong experience in Python, dbt, and Snowflake who wants to join a growing startup in the government data space
Please forward to strong data folks you know!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
Great role for someone with strong experience in Python, dbt, and Snowflake who wants to join a growing startup in the government data space
Please forward to strong data folks you know!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
Reposted by David Robinson
`rm -rf` ❌
• remove rf??? what does that even mean???? (nothing)
• boring
• hard to remember
`rm -fr` ✅
• remove forreal 💅🏼💅🏼
• makes u smile every time
• will never forget
• remove rf??? what does that even mean???? (nothing)
• boring
• hard to remember
`rm -fr` ✅
• remove forreal 💅🏼💅🏼
• makes u smile every time
• will never forget
November 13, 2024 at 9:51 PM
`rm -rf` ❌
• remove rf??? what does that even mean???? (nothing)
• boring
• hard to remember
`rm -fr` ✅
• remove forreal 💅🏼💅🏼
• makes u smile every time
• will never forget
• remove rf??? what does that even mean???? (nothing)
• boring
• hard to remember
`rm -fr` ✅
• remove forreal 💅🏼💅🏼
• makes u smile every time
• will never forget
Reposted by David Robinson
I think about this piece at least once a week: nothinghuman.substack.com/p/the-tyrann...
The Tyranny of the Marginal User
why consumer software gets worse, not better, over time
nothinghuman.substack.com
November 11, 2024 at 5:42 PM
I think about this piece at least once a week: nothinghuman.substack.com/p/the-tyrann...
Tired: P-hacking
Wired: Querymandering
Wired: Querymandering
in haste I misread something as ‘querymandering’ so if that wasn’t in the lexicon already it is now
November 10, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Tired: P-hacking
Wired: Querymandering
Wired: Querymandering
Reposted by David Robinson
Question for #databs folks:
I am searching for a recent write up of how data careers/titles are evolving. Has anyone written or read something that resonated on this lately?
I’m hoping for a boots on the ground point-of-view of basically “where have all the data scientists gone” 🤠
I am searching for a recent write up of how data careers/titles are evolving. Has anyone written or read something that resonated on this lately?
I’m hoping for a boots on the ground point-of-view of basically “where have all the data scientists gone” 🤠
November 9, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Question for #databs folks:
I am searching for a recent write up of how data careers/titles are evolving. Has anyone written or read something that resonated on this lately?
I’m hoping for a boots on the ground point-of-view of basically “where have all the data scientists gone” 🤠
I am searching for a recent write up of how data careers/titles are evolving. Has anyone written or read something that resonated on this lately?
I’m hoping for a boots on the ground point-of-view of basically “where have all the data scientists gone” 🤠
Remember in Squid Game where the contestants in mortal danger barely managed to reach safety through a popular vote
And then later the dull banality of regular life drove them to voluntarily re-enter mortal danger
Dunno what made me think of that
And then later the dull banality of regular life drove them to voluntarily re-enter mortal danger
Dunno what made me think of that
November 6, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Remember in Squid Game where the contestants in mortal danger barely managed to reach safety through a popular vote
And then later the dull banality of regular life drove them to voluntarily re-enter mortal danger
Dunno what made me think of that
And then later the dull banality of regular life drove them to voluntarily re-enter mortal danger
Dunno what made me think of that
Reposted by David Robinson
My fav starter packs so far, a thread:
stats: go.bsky.app/Ki7PjpS
stats: go.bsky.app/7TBN5rX
causal inference: go.bsky.app/FdemGAZ
package devs: go.bsky.app/N1569Qh
data peeps: go.bsky.app/8TdEfdK
medical stats: go.bsky.app/ArqEz36
bioinformatics: go.bsky.app/Ha64Gmv
r-ladies: go.bsky.app/Vgxwa2F
stats: go.bsky.app/Ki7PjpS
stats: go.bsky.app/7TBN5rX
causal inference: go.bsky.app/FdemGAZ
package devs: go.bsky.app/N1569Qh
data peeps: go.bsky.app/8TdEfdK
medical stats: go.bsky.app/ArqEz36
bioinformatics: go.bsky.app/Ha64Gmv
r-ladies: go.bsky.app/Vgxwa2F
October 26, 2024 at 7:23 PM
My fav starter packs so far, a thread:
stats: go.bsky.app/Ki7PjpS
stats: go.bsky.app/7TBN5rX
causal inference: go.bsky.app/FdemGAZ
package devs: go.bsky.app/N1569Qh
data peeps: go.bsky.app/8TdEfdK
medical stats: go.bsky.app/ArqEz36
bioinformatics: go.bsky.app/Ha64Gmv
r-ladies: go.bsky.app/Vgxwa2F
stats: go.bsky.app/Ki7PjpS
stats: go.bsky.app/7TBN5rX
causal inference: go.bsky.app/FdemGAZ
package devs: go.bsky.app/N1569Qh
data peeps: go.bsky.app/8TdEfdK
medical stats: go.bsky.app/ArqEz36
bioinformatics: go.bsky.app/Ha64Gmv
r-ladies: go.bsky.app/Vgxwa2F
Reposted by David Robinson
We've got a brand new, baby website for Positron! Take a look if you are interested in getting started, and please let us know how it goes:
positron.posit.co
positron.posit.co
Positron
A next-generation data science IDE
positron.posit.co
October 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
We've got a brand new, baby website for Positron! Take a look if you are interested in getting started, and please let us know how it goes:
positron.posit.co
positron.posit.co
Reposted by David Robinson
I miss when bluesky was good
May 25, 2023 at 2:18 PM
I miss when bluesky was good
Reposted by David Robinson
Twitter is San Francisco: still tech leader, but experiencing a doom loop
Mastodon is Boise: had a big wfh surge, but nothing actually there
Substack is Cambridge MA: go when you want to learn
This place is Miami
Mastodon is Boise: had a big wfh surge, but nothing actually there
Substack is Cambridge MA: go when you want to learn
This place is Miami
May 9, 2023 at 10:07 PM
Twitter is San Francisco: still tech leader, but experiencing a doom loop
Mastodon is Boise: had a big wfh surge, but nothing actually there
Substack is Cambridge MA: go when you want to learn
This place is Miami
Mastodon is Boise: had a big wfh surge, but nothing actually there
Substack is Cambridge MA: go when you want to learn
This place is Miami