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Product Manager @posit.co👨‍💻
I ❤️ 🌮, dogs, and data science IDEs
Productive with open source #RStats and #PyData
@thomas_mock@fosstodon.org + @thomas_mock
He/Him | San Antonio, TX
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posit.co
See how Positron scales at work.

Join our November 26 demo to explore Positron Pro, the enterprise-ready IDE inside Posit Workbench.

Register here → events.zoom.us/ev/Ajss5j9Ve...

#DataScience #Positron #Python #RStats
“Promotional graphic for the Positron Pro Workflow Demo. Blue gradient background with white text that reads ‘Take Positron to Work with Positron Pro.’ An orange banner below shows the event date and time: ‘November 26 at 11 a.m. ET.’ The Posit logo appears in the top left corner.”
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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earth-observation.org
Our students are exploring some great #rstats packages like #patchwork and #ggplot using #positron @posit.co
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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simonpcouch.com
This edition of @sara-altman.bsky.social and I's AI Newsletter is a @posit.co heavy one! Support for new model providers in Positron Assistant, an experimental coding agent for RStudio, a conference on #rstats + AI this week, and more. :)

posit.co/blog/2025-11...
2025-11-07 AI Newsletter - Posit
Anthropic tested whether LLMs can introspect, Posit added support for AWS Bedrock and custom providers in Positron Assistant, and OpenAI finalized its for-profit shift toward a $1T IPO.
posit.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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smachlis.bsky.social
Don't know where to start with all these #PositConf2025 videos? There's a chatbot you can query to find sessions that might interest you. (Then search for those sessions in the YouTube playlist.)
posit-ai-posit-conf-agenda-chat.share.connect.posit.cloud
#RStats #Python #PositronIDE #QuartoPub
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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posit.co
GitHub Copilot Chat in Positron Assistant 🤖

Positron Assistant now supports GitHub Copilot for both completions and chat!

Add GitHub Copilot as a model provider for access to its models, chat participants, and tools.

Learn more: positron.posit.co/assistant
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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ryanscharf.bsky.social
the hardest #positron / vscode-style-shortcut for me to remember, so far, has been ctrl +k, c to comment/uncomment blocks of code

#databs #rstats
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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matteomics.bsky.social
Oh, amzing tool in #Positron with #Quarto for #Rstats scientific publishing. The gitlense extention allows you to compare any pair of previous commits in a single diff view. Am currently rescuing a few ideas lost to an earlier over zelious condensing effort.
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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stephenturner.us
I'm doing a workshop on R package development with Positron on Jan 15 2026. Register for the virtual workshop here: sites.google.com/view/dariia-... I'll cover devtools, usethis, testthat, covr, and a few AI tools along the way to help. #Rstats
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
themockup.blog
Great Q from @smachlis.bsky.social in @posit.co hangout:

"How can I see token usage in Positron Assistant?"

For providers that track tokens, we display in Chat and Positron Assistant icon on the right of the Status Bar.

Image from pending 2025.11.0 release

#RStats #Pydata #DataBS #Positron
Screenshot of Positron Assistant with highlights on the Chat pane and Assistant overview.
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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ivelasq3.bsky.social
I loved discussing "Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction" with @simisani.bsky.social & R-Ladies Gaborone!

Check out the recording and materials:

📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOQ...
📝 ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro...

I hope this intro is better than the one between my three cats 😹
Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction with an image of a cute orange kitten sniffing a hand
October 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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posit.co
Announcing the Data Explorer “Convert to Code” Feature on Positron!

With a single click, you can copy the R or Python code that reflects the filters and sorts you've set up in the Data Explorer UI.

Transition quickly from visual exploration to scripting today! positron.posit.co/data-explore...
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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tiny.baby
people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
zachweinersmith.bsky.social Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · Oct 16
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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strengejacke.de
These are my #Positron extensions I've currently installed. Are there any "must haves" missing in my list, what other extensions would you recommend etc.? (answers including "python" will be ignored... 😎) #rstats #rstudio #vscode
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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posit.co
The Positron Lounge at #PositConf2025 was the place to be! 💻
So much great energy and folks going hands-on with the free, next-gen IDE. Thanks for meeting the creators and sharing your feedback!

If you missed it, no worries. Get #Positron now and we'll see you in Houston, Sept 14-16, 2026! 📆
October 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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andrew.heiss.phd
One of my favorite recent Positron discoveries is that you can not only (1) pin tabs, but (2) put the pinned tabs on their own dedicated row (after enabling that setting), which is glorious for workspace tab management #rstats
Screenshot from Positron showing two rows of file tabs and the "Pinned Tabs On Separate Row" setting in Settings
October 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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juliasilge.com
There is a new monthly release of #Positron available, and it delivers fresh new features for the Data Explorer! In this screencast, I walk through how to interactively explore a recent #TidyTuesday dataset on literary prizes 📚📖🏆 using some of the Data Explorer newness.

youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
Explore literary prizes with Positron’s Data Explorer
YouTube video by Julia Silge
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October 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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andrew.heiss.phd
oooh new version of Positron just released and it has (1) github copilot chat and (2) automatic {dplyr} code generation based on filtering/sorting/etc that you do in the data viewer #rstats
Me saying "hey it's github copilot chat in my positron" Automatically generated dplyr code that matches the filtering and arranging that I did by clicking on columns in the data viewer
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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willharrisinva.bsky.social
Watching James Gunn’s SLITHER on Peacock. First time I’ve seen it in years. Still holds up as a great horror comedy.
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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andrew.heiss.phd
WHOA I just discovered the kbd shortcode in #QuartoPub, which automatically creates an OS-specific element, You can specify different OSes and it'll show them in an HTML title element, or expand them in print formats - documentation here: quarto.org/docs/authori...
--- title: "Magical `kbd` shortcode" format: html: default typst: default --- Press {{< kbd mac=Command-Shift-K win=Ctrl-Shift-K linux=Ctrl-Shift-K >}} to render the document; use {{< kbd mac=Command-Shift-P win=Ctrl-Shift-P linux=Ctrl-Shift-P >}} to open the Command Palette in Positron Magical kbd shortcode Press ⌘⇧K to render the document; use ⌘⇧P to open the Command Palette in Positron (with a title element showing all the other OS-specific shortcuts) Typst PDF with Magical kbd shortcode Press Command-Shift-K (mac), Ctrl-Shift-K (linux), Ctrl-Shift-K (windows) to render the document; use Command-Shift-P (mac), Ctrl-Shift-P (linux), Ctrl-Shift-P (windows) to open the Command Palette in Positron
October 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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andrew.heiss.phd
Throw in some font awesome icons and baby, you got a stew going #QuartoPub
Slide showing how to create a skeleton Quarto project with Positron, with keyboard shortcuts formatted properly next to operating system-specific icons
October 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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posit.co
Looking to use Quarto inside Positron, our new IDE for data science? We’ve released a video and guide for getting started.

Positron makes Quarto easy: Quarto is pre-installed, you get dedicated buttons for tasks like "Preview," and full coding support.

Learn more: posit.co/blog/create-...
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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posit.co
A data scientist and product owner shares her take on why the new Positron IDE is a game-changer for her workflow.

Learn how Dr. Claire Welsh of The Strategy Unit uses Positron to streamline everything from project management to documentation.

Read her insights: posit.co/blog/positro...
September 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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nflscorigami.bsky.social
🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL

✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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minakimes.bsky.social
He was 100% right lol
johnvanadakelley.bsky.social JohnVanadaKelley @johnvanadakelley.bsky.social · Sep 28
@minakimes.bsky.social Greg Olsen, the football genius, spent the last 10 minutes of the Pitt-Minn game explaining how Mike Tomlin doesn’t know how to win football games. Thank you Greg.
September 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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sciencenews.bsky.social
Pasteurization kills H5N1 in milk. Viral bits remain, but they didn’t make mice sick.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pasteurization-milk-no-h5n1-bird-flu
Pasteurization destroys H5N1 bird flu in milk
Tests show pasteurized dairy with H5N1 remnants did not cause illness in mice, supporting safety of milk during outbreaks.
www.sciencenews.org
September 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM