Libby Heeren
@libbyheeren.bsky.social
Posit DS Hangout host & data educator. Data Weasel. Community Builder. Teaches R+Python.
🔉 Heeren == "hair-en" ✨
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/libbyheeren
DS Hangout: https://pos.it/dsh
🔉 Heeren == "hair-en" ✨
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/libbyheeren
DS Hangout: https://pos.it/dsh
I think the bigger danger for me (for boredom) lies in only ever maintaining and rarely doing anything original. I've been stuck in jobs like that! Or jobs that became that. And while maintenance is definitely important, I need a mix!
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I think the bigger danger for me (for boredom) lies in only ever maintaining and rarely doing anything original. I've been stuck in jobs like that! Or jobs that became that. And while maintenance is definitely important, I need a mix!
It's a good thing so much goes wacky in data science and requires debugging, research, or troubleshooting 😂 or all three!
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It's a good thing so much goes wacky in data science and requires debugging, research, or troubleshooting 😂 or all three!
I think a lot of us data folks are like border collies. We need to be kept busy, we need puzzles to solve 😅
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I think a lot of us data folks are like border collies. We need to be kept busy, we need puzzles to solve 😅
That's a nice thing to use as a temperature check. I sometimes have more fun helping people figure out their bugs than I do building something myself, and that's how I knew what I wanted 😂
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
That's a nice thing to use as a temperature check. I sometimes have more fun helping people figure out their bugs than I do building something myself, and that's how I knew what I wanted 😂
A million times this!!
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
A million times this!!
Woah, I love the gradient! Gonna have to go check your code ✨✨
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Woah, I love the gradient! Gonna have to go check your code ✨✨
I did, I can share it on the post!
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I did, I can share it on the post!
RoughViz.js style maybe? github.com/ashgreat/rou...
GitHub - ashgreat/roughVizR: R package for creating hand-drawn, sketchy charts using roughViz.js
R package for creating hand-drawn, sketchy charts using roughViz.js - ashgreat/roughVizR
github.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
RoughViz.js style maybe? github.com/ashgreat/rou...
It's been so interesting hearing from folks that they miss in-line plotting! It's the first thing I turn off 😂 but everyone has different preferences. I really missed having my git branch in the program title, but I got that fixed this week ✨ it's so flexible!
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It's been so interesting hearing from folks that they miss in-line plotting! It's the first thing I turn off 😂 but everyone has different preferences. I really missed having my git branch in the program title, but I got that fixed this week ✨ it's so flexible!
Yeah, reticulate has never worked well for me 🙈 this might be partly user error, but I don't think I'm alone! I never get the reticulate python environments to work. With Positron, I work fairly smoothly in both as needed, which is wonderful.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Yeah, reticulate has never worked well for me 🙈 this might be partly user error, but I don't think I'm alone! I never get the reticulate python environments to work. With Positron, I work fairly smoothly in both as needed, which is wonderful.
Thank you for sharing your experiences!!
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thank you for sharing your experiences!!
I think that older companies, ones that existed before the technology we use, just were not set up to have infrastructure like that, and old orgs are super hard to change. Newer companies seem much more likely to work like this by default. But that's just my theory! I've worked at both
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I think that older companies, ones that existed before the technology we use, just were not set up to have infrastructure like that, and old orgs are super hard to change. Newer companies seem much more likely to work like this by default. But that's just my theory! I've worked at both
I've seen people successfully advocate for technical leadership positions, leading the technical work of large or longterm initiatives. This actually comes up a lot as a question on the data science hangout. It's so frustrating having no path upwards that isn't managing people.
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I've seen people successfully advocate for technical leadership positions, leading the technical work of large or longterm initiatives. This actually comes up a lot as a question on the data science hangout. It's so frustrating having no path upwards that isn't managing people.
Thanks for all the hard work you do (for free!) for the data community ❤️🥺
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Thanks for all the hard work you do (for free!) for the data community ❤️🥺
Cash = GIMME DA CASHHH
Light = AZIZ, LIGHT!
Ready = they're, uh, not ready yet
Button = the little red button on the bottom of the gun
So many more 😂
Light = AZIZ, LIGHT!
Ready = they're, uh, not ready yet
Button = the little red button on the bottom of the gun
So many more 😂
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Cash = GIMME DA CASHHH
Light = AZIZ, LIGHT!
Ready = they're, uh, not ready yet
Button = the little red button on the bottom of the gun
So many more 😂
Light = AZIZ, LIGHT!
Ready = they're, uh, not ready yet
Button = the little red button on the bottom of the gun
So many more 😂
Different office 😂😂
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Different office 😂😂
But I also work in pure Python projects, and it's nice to be all in one place sometimes.
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
But I also work in pure Python projects, and it's nice to be all in one place sometimes.
I will do almost anything to avoid using reticulate 😂
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I will do almost anything to avoid using reticulate 😂
Absolutely. And if I do quote them out loud, I have to do any requisite accent and/or hand motions
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Absolutely. And if I do quote them out loud, I have to do any requisite accent and/or hand motions
👀 Had you not seen it yet? I'm glad I could introduce you! It's the only thing I've been working in for Python, or when I need to work in both Py/R in the same project, but I'm slowly beginning to open it more for just-R stuff, too, especially because the git interface is so nice.
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
👀 Had you not seen it yet? I'm glad I could introduce you! It's the only thing I've been working in for Python, or when I need to work in both Py/R in the same project, but I'm slowly beginning to open it more for just-R stuff, too, especially because the git interface is so nice.
I've been switching it up a lot lately!! But always in that same vein of Dracula-ish
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've been switching it up a lot lately!! But always in that same vein of Dracula-ish
What does the bsky func do? 👀
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What does the bsky func do? 👀
I've been watching them on 2x speed 🤩
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I've been watching them on 2x speed 🤩