iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I understand the reactions to this. But maybe there's a bright side: this feature allows us to put structure to practices that were already happening. It could be this makes it easier to parse messy spreadsheets, not harder

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As an inveterate Android user, I'm intrigued by the concept of the Googlebook, especially the emphasis on good hardware and UX. Google indicates built-in Debian. The obvious question: how many problems will we see with installing and using R? #RStats www.theverge.com/tech/997972/...

theverge.com

The long dream of the Googlebook

Don’t call it a Chromebook.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today I crossed the 1000 mile mark on my commuter ebike. That displaces about 32 gallons of gas I would have used in my car, and at current fuel prices, saves me approximately $94,000

Ebike display showing 1000 miles, with a bike path in the background

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Emily Riederer @emilyriederer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We could save years of education across data science and data engineering by just printing t-shirts that say "know what makes a row"

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

When I was a kid we used the acronym HOMES to remember the names of the great lakes. Excited for my kids to use SHAME

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Statistician: the top half is clearly missing not at random

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Data analyst: the cup's y-axis is misleading

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

About 85% of analytics delivery problems I've seen in my career come down to a handful of things 1. people say words without knowing what they mean 2. nobody asked why they need the thing 3. the team or org isn't organized for success 4. the incentives are wrong Thanks for coming to my TED talk

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

At $DAYJOB we have a tradition where everyone panics when a #python version hits EOL each October. The shared servers block installation of the verboten snakes. Does your company do this? How do you handle reproducibility of old projects, or do you just YOLO since 4-year-old work rarely resurfaces?

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm super popular at work because whenever someone says "tokenomics" I remind them that economics studies incentives and decision making under constraints, and what they're actually talking about is finance and accounting anyway why don't I get invited to parties

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident has those stuxnet-era thrills and chills, with the same level of existential dread for good measure

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Them: you need to develop a personal brand in the workplace Me: *uses ancient memes and obscure emojis* Them: no not like that

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I know this is a statistically problematic statement, but if it helps anyone out there, most of my career successes have happened only because of a previous career failure. My current boss has rejected me from three (three!) roles that I later grew into. Just to say: stick with it, you got this!

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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is nuts [laudatory][?]

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JD Long @jdlong.cerebralmastication.com · 02/08/2026

it's not strictly true, but this morning it does feel like architect and product owner are the main two jobs now.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The pathological exactitude of corporate branding and the slavish adherence to brand standards in internal company communications

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I would Nash my teeth at jokes like this, but I don't think that's the best response

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

are you even vibe coding if you're not right for pushing back

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

GitHub copilot will happily write and submit a pull request based on your specs, and then immediately criticize its own work in a PR review.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Here's a #genAI developer tool I desperately need: version control for context. If I'm collaborating with a group, how do we share and update context centrally (e.g. so vibe coders can all vibe together)? I make a meaningful update to the context, I can push that out to others. A tool must exist?

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

When Claude tells you it reproduced the files "byte-for-byte" but the git diff lists every file in the repo

Tim Robinson asks "Are you sure about that?"

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Science fiction has long contemplated the "single, powerful AI attacks humans" scenario, but hasn't really explored the more likely reality where every internet troll has their own pet AI attack dog

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

100% need to start every Claude session with "the only thing you need to know about me is that I'm an R user in a Python world" #RStats

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Completely unbidden, Claude keeps talking about "tidy tables" and "tidy formats" and I have to wonder if this is the tidyverse philosophy encoded in foundational knowledge? I haven't discussed tidy data with this system before so it's not just contextual memory. But I kind of love it.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

There is so much claude speak in the wild and I swear I'm this 🤏 close to moving the family to a homestead in Wyoming

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Airline is asking for volunteers to gate-check their carry-on for free, with the reward of boarding early. My guy, there is no incentive to board economy class early once the carry-on is checked.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

35,000 feet in the air and sending this through the free on-board Musk-o-vision (starlink). What a world.

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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 11/07/2026

Norm Matloff (1948-2026) @matloff.bsky.social I was made aware of the post below made by his daughter. We lost another friend and valued long-time contributor the #Rstats community, gone far too soon, and sure to be missed. His memory will be a blessing.

Screenshot of post on X in the account of Norm Matloff in which his daughter announces his passing. Gone too soon, and sure to be missed.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Since I never code anymore (lolsob) I have only just tried Quarto in earnest and it is SO GOOD. I remember trying it out when it first emerged and I ran into some environment issues. But this time it's been so smooth and simple even using Windows on the dodgy corporate computer. #quarto

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

My pet theory is that companies would see a much higher ROI from training their workforce in design principles than training in AI. If you can't think about what you're trying to build, you're definitely not going to have any luck getting an AI to build it.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I just saw a demo of an AI product that uses a generated voice with vocal fry, and maybe this is the boomer in me but I find that weird and unnecessary

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This Is Just To Say (to B2B Sales) I have blocked the domain that was in my inbox and from which you were probably hoping for a quick connect on my AI strategy Forgive me the unsubscribe was swift so clean and so cold

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

You vs the stats pedagogue she tells you not to worry about

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

You've heard about ATM machines and LCD displays, but have you heard of PCA components? I just did for the first time

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I think this → stupid → arrow → pattern is the next emdash when it comes to identifying AI writing in the wild

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Nano banana puts the Gemini logo in the corner of the photo and then magic eraser will happily take it right back off in Google photos 🤷‍♂️

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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today marks 50 years since John Chambers and Rick Becker presented a new project to colleagues at Bell Labs - an interactive environment that became the S language. For more details, see the #RStats blog entry "S at 50": blog.r-project.org/2026/05/05/s...

blog.r-project.org

S at 50 - The R Blog

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I'm embarrassed to say I've started putting *less* effort into docs I write at work, so that they're a little sloppy and are more obviously human in origin. So I guess you could say AI is saving me time??

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Charlie Gao @shikokuchuo.net · 23/04/2026

Just released mori 0.1.0 on CRAN — a new R package for shared memory across processes. Parallel R no longer has to mean duplicating your dataset in every worker's RAM. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04... 🧵 1/3

opensource.posit.co

mori: Shared memory for R objects

mori is a new R package for sharing R objects across processes via OS-level shared memory. Parallel workers get zero-copy, lazy ALTREP access to the same physical pages — share once, read anywhere.

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Day 2 of vertical tabs in Chrome. A little weird, but I feel like I'll be happy if I stick with it. Like the first time you try sushi.

Screen shot of Chrome browser with a left sidebar containing tabs instead of mashing them all up on top

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I can be as skeptical as the next guy about generative AI. But say what you want, when I wear my PM/PO hat, I absolutely crush documentation using LLM tools at work, especially when I can plug them into brainstorm and discovery meeting recordings

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Never mind shadow IT. "Shadow product management" is the new data science hotness #dataBS

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Adam Austin @ataustin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

*sexiest job of the 21st century* I whisper to myself as I move roadmap tiles, reschedule three meeting conflicts, and update the requirements document to reflect new governance standards #dataBS

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