Have #rstats folks run into this issue before:
```
Check: re-building of vignette outputs, Result: NOTE
Re-building vignettes had CPU time 4.1 times elapsed time
```
I'm starting to go mildly insane trying to fix! If you happen to have a solution, let me know! at forum.posit.co/t/cpu-time-x...
Doing something a bit different this year. I’m writing blog posts that have nothing to do with code or corporate. Just a guy posting whatever he wants to his own website because that’s how the internet should be.
So here’s a post about painting Warhammer!
mdneuzerling.com/post/paintin...
After 9 years, I thought it was time for another major release of the forecast package for #rstats! New modelling functions, missing values now handled in ETS models, and a more consistent interface. robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/fo...
Thanks, @zeileis.org ! I really love the {colorspace} package - I might write a little standalone shiny app using these functions but just wanted to check before I went out and wrote it.
Before I go and try building this myself, is there a general colour palette assessment shiny app in #rstats? I love the apps in colorspace.r-forge.r-project.org/articles/hcl... by @zeileis.org et al. But I want to provide my own vectors of colours, and get the lovely assessment/example plots etc.
OK, thanks for this, Garrick! :)
Ah, thank you! I need to read the golem book next :)
Thanks, Barret!
#rstats raster logic without pixels, introducing {vaster} #GDAL
www.hypertidy.org/posts/2025-1...
Is there an #rstats best practices for including a shiny app in an R package? I see mastering-shiny.org/scaling-pack... by @hadley.nz and github.com/daattali/ddpcr by Dean Attali (couldn't find his handle!) - just curious on understanding best practices, bunding data, app, and the www folder etc.
Bookdown.org Sunset, January 31, 2026, over a stylized landscape with mountains and a lake.
📢 Announcement: We are sunsetting the bookdown.org public hosting service.
If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!)
Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset
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It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca
I remember John Fox as one of the most kind R Foundation #rstats members (ca. 2006-2023) giving wise and kind words often. The 1-1 interview he held with several of us, resulting in a useR!2008 pres and the article journal.r-project.org/articles/RJ-... It is sad to miss him. May he rest in peace!
Geordi LaForge rejecting this code library(tidyverse) penguins |> mutate( nice = glue::glue( "{species} on {island} Island ({body_mass} g)" ) ) |> select(nice) #> nice #> 1 Adelie on Torgersen Island (3750 g) #> 2 Adelie on Torgersen Island (3800 g) #> 3 Adelie on Torgersen Island (3250 g) Geordi LaForge approving this code library(tidyverse) penguins |> mutate( nice = str_glue( "{species} on {island} Island ({body_mass} g)" ) ) |> select(nice) #> nice #> 1 Adelie on Torgersen Island (3750 g) #> 2 Adelie on Torgersen Island (3800 g) #> 3 Adelie on Torgersen Island (3250 g)
I don't know how I've missed it because it's *right on the documentation home page*, but if you use {glue} for nice string interpolation in #rstats and you have {stringr} loaded (likely through the tidyverse), you can use str_glue() instead of glue::glue() or loading library(glue) glue.tidyverse.org
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I had the honor of giving a keynote at #useR2025 🎉 at Duke University: “We R Together – How to learn, use, and improve a programming language as a community” 💜
Slides here 👉 docs.google.com/presentation...
Video here: www.youtube.com/live/CTTvTQ-...
#rstats #useR2025
Okay, so anyone here joining R Dev Day AUS (21st Nov 2025)?
#rstats #rdevday
Screenshot showing usage of usethis::browse_package(), usethis::browse_cran(), and usethis::browse_github().
I'm reminded of how handy the usethis::browse_*() functions are and thought I'd remind people they exist. Choose from a menu of links or go straight to CRAN or GitHub. #rstats
I agree with this! It maybe also depends on your user-base, and if the changes break existing code - would the changes break things? If so, you could consider a deprecation cycle or a separate function. If your user base is small, you could go up one version e.g., 1.0.0 --> 2.0.0, perhaps?
R dev friends -
I am updating a package that implements an analytical method. The update will mean a fundamental change in the outputs compared to the current version of the pkg (but is based on consult with experts).
#rstats fam -- is there any way to create something this in R? eg you can create the graphs separately and then stitch together it together like below?
OK nothing like proclaiming in a public space and then quickly finding solution 🤪 If anyone else is stuck on this, sf seems to not work with plotly. If you put your coords in as a df, and use geom_path to plot with geom_tile it renders (and saves output correctly with .png) #rstats soln next comment
An #rstats mystery. Or maybe more #ggplot2. These histograms are generated with the exact same code and data. What has changed from R 4.5.1 to 4.5.2 that caused this change?
new #dplyr filtering function who dis 😍 meet filter_out()!
👍 GO PUT A THUMBS UP ON DAVIS'S TIDYUP THINGY ON GITHUB TO SHARE MY ENTHUSIASMMMM!! #rstats #databs
And, you know, provide your thoughts on this newly-proposed function if you have them 😌
Model is: b3 <- scasm( y ~ s(x0, bs = "bs", k= k) + s(x1, bs = "sc", xt = "m+", k = k) + s(x2, bs = "bs", k = k) + s(x3, bs = "bs", k = k), family=poisson, bs=200 ) The second smooth `s(x1) is a shape constrained smooth with a positive monotonicity constraint (xt = "m+"). The `bs = 200` arguments uses 200 boostrap samples, which generates bootstrap distributions for each coefficient in the model. These bootstrap samples respect the shape constraints, while the usual +/- 2 SE credible intervals may not. The uncertainty in the partial effects is shown by two credible interval bands; a dark blue central band is a 68% Bayesian credible interval, while the lighter blue outer interval is a 95% Bayesian credible interval. The background of each panel is light grey with white grid lines, in a similar style to ggplot2's default theme.
A new release of the mgcv #RStats 📦 is out on CRAN and Simon Wood (U Edinburgh) has added some significant new features despite the small bump in version number:
🌟 scasm() for estimating GAMs with shape constrained smooths. Can be used with any family & smoothness selection is via the EFS method
We've made a blog post about a new major version of the #rstats tune package! Two main changes: parallel processing frameworks and the ability to tune postprocessors.
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...
The detectCores() apocalypse is creeping up on us 👻🐛
As more people are getting access to 128+ CPU cores, code spinning up parallel cluster with detectCores() workers fails - not enough #RStats connections available
Friends, do *not* default to detectCores(), bc www.jottr.org/2022/12/05/a...
There are a lot of great posts out there that aren't very highly ranked.
Don't rely on bluesky to find you great content; you can find it on your own! Here's how:
#Rstats via @northeasternu.bsky.social's Storybench
www.storybench.org/how-to-analy...
Oh. My. Gosh. Data Science Lab was SO FUN today! Just casually sharing screens to walk through settings live was incredible.
I'm gonna start a thread here of some of the stuff we shared/learned together as a community. Great stuff was shared by all! #databs #rstats #python
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Map of Te Araroa Trail showing the 3000 km walking route through New Zealand from Cape Reinga in the north to Bluff in the south. The trail is depicted as a colored line indicating elevation changes, with deep blue representing sea level areas, transitioning through purple and pink to yellow at higher elevations up to 2000m. Two key landmarks are labeled: Tongariro Alpine Crossing at Red Crater (1861m) in the North Island, and Two Thumb Track at Stag Saddle (1934m) in the South Island. The trail winds along both islands, showing significant elevation variations throughout the journey.
Day 2: Lines #30DayMapChallenge
Sticking with walks of NZ, this time plotting the Te Araroa Trail, a 3000km hike that goes from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island. #rstats
jenrichmond.github.io/maps/2025-11...
{brandthis} is ready to install. Try it and let me know if anything breaks: github.com/durraniu/bra...
Here's an example site that uses the generated _brand.yml and color palettes: dru.quarto.pub/brandthis-de...
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