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Garrick Aden-Buie
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r + python + data + web things. team shiny at posit (rstudio). open source all the things

https://garrickadenbuie.com
https://github.com/gadenbuie
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Garrick Aden-Buie @grrrck.xyz · Nov 8
I made a starter pack with #Shiny for #RStats and #Python devs and friends! And if you're a Shiny person and want to be included, let me know.
go.bsky.app/BFEQ1HY
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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)
YouTube video by Posit PBC
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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usrbinr.bsky.social
I've been dipping my toes in package development for #lua, #python, and #bash and #rstats friends -- let me tell you I didn't realize how good we have it with {devtools} , {usethis}, and the rich supportive rstats community
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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simonpcouch.com
Tomorrow morning! Come by!
simonpcouch.com Simon P. Couch @simonpcouch.com · 13d
I'll be keynoting at R/Pharma a week from today! The conference is free and virtual. I'll be focused on the mundane use cases of LLMs for wrangling data with #rstats, and the content should feel applicable for folks outside of pharma—come through. :)

Register: events.zoom.us/ev/Ai-geyS63...
A title slide reading "Practical AI for data science" and my name and title.
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
grrrck.xyz
If you use AI to write a PR, then *you’re the first reviewer*.

And if you’re asked to review unreviewed AI-generated code, here’s a great template for your first review.
danreev.es dan reeves @danreev.es · 7d
❌ Changes requested

Would you mind self reviewing this first? I can see a lot of simple mistakes that would take me longer to figure out than you
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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rconsortium.bsky.social
Full schedule is live: R+AI 2025 · Nov 12–13 · online

Sample session:
“Tools for LLMs and Humans who use R” — Garrick Aden-Buie (Posit)

How the {btw} package feeds computational context to LLMs for smoother R+AI workflows.

Register! rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs...

#rstats #AI @posit.co
Tools for LLMs and Humans who use R -- Garrick Aden-Buie, Software Engineer, Posit
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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mgould.bsky.social
Happy logical Halloween
October 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.

It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.

The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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rconsortium.bsky.social
R+AI 2025 • Nov 12–13 • Online • Low-cost

Skip the hype. See how R + AI works in production!

Keynote: Joe Cheng (Posit) on focused, reliable LLMs for data science

Actionable R+AI sessions. Students from $25.

Register: rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs...

#rstats @posit.co @jcheng5.bsky.social
R+AI 2025 • Nov 12–13 • Online • Low-cost Keynote: Joe Cheng (Posit) on focused, reliable LLMs for data science. Actionable R+AI sessions. Students from $25.
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
grrrck.xyz
I'm a big fan of this idea! I need to write a blog post on this, but bslib + brand.yml + pkgdown's light switch is a killer combo for branded pkgdown sites with light/dark themes.

The {btw} site is a good example posit-dev.github.io/btw/
All the magic is in _pkgdown.yml github.com/posit-dev/bt...
October 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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jesspish.bsky.social
This raid is disgusting, abominable behavior, traumatizing children and families in their homes.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"
October 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
grrrck.xyz
I really appreciate everyone agreeing with me 😆
grrrck.xyz Garrick Aden-Buie @grrrck.xyz · Oct 2
You arrive at a text input and start typing. Would you rather

1️⃣ Press Enter to submit your text
2️⃣ Press Enter to add a new line
A text input interface with a submit button. In the text area: "I'm writing some text and want a new line..."
October 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
grrrck.xyz
You arrive at a text input and start typing. Would you rather

1️⃣ Press Enter to submit your text
2️⃣ Press Enter to add a new line
A text input interface with a submit button. In the text area: "I'm writing some text and want a new line..."
October 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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jrwinget.bsky.social
Last week, I went from long-time attendee to first-time speaker at #PositConf2025. I shared how behavioral science can help #rshiny cut user friction and build kinder tools. Even ended with #rstats contributions.

I couldn't be more grateful! Recap 👇
jrwinget.com/blog/2025-09-25_posit-conf-journey
From First-Time Attendee to Speaker: My posit::conf Journey – Jeremy R. Winget, PhD
Seven years of growth, community, and bridging behavioral science with R tooling at posit::conf
www.jrwinget.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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thomasp85.com
I am super hyped to finally share the first release of plumber2 with all of you. This has been the center of my attention for a big part of 2025 and I hope you'll find it a worthy update to the venerable plumber package.

The blog post will tell you more

#rstats
plumber2 0.1.0
plumber2, a complete rewrite of plumber, has landed on CRAN, providing a modern, future proof solution for creating web servers in R. Read all about the new features here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
grrrck.xyz
New github status: "sending beep-boops back to the Snarfus"
September 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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djnavarro.net
Against my better instincts, I have written some notes on how human probability judgements work and what you should expect from surveys that ask people to guess what proportion of the population is transgender. I hope never to speak of this matter again
Some notes on probability judgement – Notes from a data witch
For the love of fuck, literally nobody thinks that 20% of the population is transgender. Please stop sharing that ridiculous YouGov statistic
blog.djnavarro.net
September 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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kellybodwin.com
I feel seen listening to @grrrck.xyz talking about making his own Beamer theme in grad school.

RIP Kelly's Personal Beamer theme (2015-2017), killed by discovering RMarkdown. 🪦
September 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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emilyriederer.bsky.social
Really insightful post from Julie Tibshirani (spotted in LinkedIn, can't find on Bsky) reflecting on #rstats 's unique governance structure and what can be learned for other languages

jtibs.substack.com/p/if-all-the...
If all the world were a monorepo
The R ecosystem and the case for extreme empathy in software maintenance
jtibs.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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yukondawn.bsky.social
I program in Squirrel, i.e. a mixture of SQL and R while leaving many small files littered around my drive

#Rstats
September 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
grrrck.xyz
ggplot2 4.0.0 is out and the new `paper`, `ink`, `accent` theme variables look super cool! Just pick 2-3 colors 🎨 to make your plots look great! I'm excited to hook this up to brand.yml 😉
A ggplot2 plot showing a classic `mpg` scatter plot. The code uses `theme_gray()` with `paper = "cornstalk"` for a light yellow background, `ink = "navy"` for navy blue text and points, and `accent = "tomato"` which is applied to the smoothing line created with `geom_smooth()`
September 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
grrrck.xyz
Actual thing I just said to an LLM: "Dial back the marketing speak. Be a normal human."
September 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
On the topic of “our” duty to persuade abusers, a tale:

——

THE FINGER-TAKER’S SON

Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the king’s finger-taker.
convolutedname.bsky.social Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · Sep 4
Apparently he's really saying "liberals need to befriend conservatives for the greater good" which is so pundit brained I can't even
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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andrewholz.bsky.social
Finally got Glimpse out focused on what the Posit open source team has been up to. Turns out its quite a bit! posit.co/blog/posit-g...
I continue to be happy with the approach we (Posit) are taking with LLMs and AI. Too impactful to ignore but focus on useful and safe as much as possible.
Posit
Posit's latest glimpse newsletter highlights new product releases, including the Positron IDE and several new LLM-powered tools.
posit.co
August 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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wojtekmaj.pl
Interesting how so many projects are now improving docs & error messages "so LLMs can understand." 🤖
Was making them clear for humans not a good enough reason already?
August 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM