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Collin Berke

@collinberke.bsky.social
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Media Research Analyst | #rstats | data enthusiast | news, sports, and podcast aficionado Website: www.collinberke.com GitHub: github.com/collinberke LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/collinberke

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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@mattwaite.bsky.social shared he'd been working on this #Rstats package. I never thought about *hearing* your data before 🤯. #databs
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I saw a version of this keynote at @nebraskacode.bsky.social this summer. Interesting take. It's worth a watch. I'm glad to see there's a recording available.
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Maëlle Salmon @masalmon.eu · 02/06/2026
New post on the R-hub blog! "Refactoring with Jarl: a coffee chat" ✨ By @frick.ws + myself, reviewed by @etiennebacher.bsky.social blog.r-hub.io/2026/06/02/j... #RStats
Meme of a kitten attacked by monsters. The text says "Everytime you use Claude for something a CLI can do, a kitten dies"
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Excited to check out roxygen2 8.0.0 🎉
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Interesting read: jordanlord.co.uk/blog/3-const... This framing seems useful for the development of data products as well. The one-pager seems like a good constraint to follow. Check it out. #dataBS
jordanlord.co.uk
3 constraints before I build anything | Jordan Lord
['Programmer', 'Computer nerd', 'Unix enthusiast'];
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Another good read from @randyau.com. I really like his framing on how to approach the inheritance of an old data pipeline. Asking questions first aligned with my thought process. The analogy of 'just patch a car enough to run' to 'just get the code running and fix it later' also resonated. #dataBS
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This reminds me of a talk from @arthurdoler.com, specifically around this point: youtu.be/RhHervpDeOQ?... He mentions the importance of some of these techniques when discussing the usefulness of git history.
youtu.be
Digging into the Matrix: Practicing Code Archaeology - Arthur Doler - NDC London 2026
YouTube video by NDC Conferences
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Every day VisiData ... every day 🙃 #DataBS
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
@nebraskacode.bsky.social is one of my favorite local tech conferences. This year's speakers and sessions look great. If you're in the area (or willing to travel), consider joining. I'll be registering here shortly. #Nebraska #DataAnalytics #DataBS
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Folks, the @dslc.io would love for you to join one of our bookclubs. Learn something new, hang out with some cool people, and have a few laughs along the way. Check out @jonthegeek.com's call 👇 #RStats #DataBS
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Jon Harmon (he/him/his) @jonthegeek.com · 02/04/2026
We're spinning up new book clubs at DSLC.io, and a great facilitator wants help choosing which book to lead a cohort through next. Please see the poll in the reply! #dataBS #RStats #Quarto #RShiny
dslc.io
dslc.io
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This ... this is the way
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Just sent a you a DM. I look forward to reading it!
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I like the framing thus far. Any chance you'd have a pre-print of the chapter you'd be willing to share? I'm part of a group of storytellers who meet weekly to discuss these elements. I'd might be able to get you more feedback. If not, no worries. I look forward to seeing the published version.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
With PPT and GSlides it's nice to just click an 'align vertical/horizontal' button. The alignment bars to show center are just useful. I'm sure if my CSS skills were stronger, it would be a more enjoyable, efficient experience. Huge fan of #quarto and revealJS. Attempting to make it my default.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Alignment of different in-slide elements, especially if there's lots of them on a slide. You can only adjust .absolute values so many times before it gets tiring. The back and forth loop of going to the browser, inspect tool, back to the IDE can be a drag.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The rounded corners turned way up got to me. Why not just make everything a circle, then? The liquid glass also makes the Menu Bar un-readable at times, depending on your background.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
TIL a quick way to count the number of files in a directory from the command line: `ls -1 | wc -l` Helpful 👨‍💻
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Huge fan of this. It's also nice to grep a project to get a quick TODO and FIX list from time to time. Very helpful!
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Oh, if you want to see your currently available aliases, run `alias`.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
TIL: oh-my-zsh has some pretty useful built-in aliases to quickly change directories while at the command line. Been a long-time user, so IDK how I missed these: github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmy...
github.com
Cheatsheet
🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,400+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, pyth...
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This answer on SO has a good description of the available options: stackoverflow.com/a/1085191
stackoverflow.com
Commit only part of a file's changes in Git
When I make changes to a file in Git, how can I commit only some of the changes? For example, how could I commit only 15 lines out of 30 lines that have been changed in a file?
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
TIL: `git add --patch` or `git add -p`. Very useful. Learning about it helped level up my #git game. More here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=blbz...
youtube.com
The BEST git command you've never heard of | GIT ADD PATCH
YouTube video by typecraft
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Did I just dig through @mattwaite.bsky.social 's replies all the way back to 2024 to reply with this: flatwaterfreepress.org/chili-and-ci.... Yep. I'll double down on Matt's offer @hadley.nz .
flatwaterfreepress.org
Chili and cinnamon rolls: 'Warm, welcoming and a little unexpected' — just like Nebraska - Flatwater Free Press
“People love a dish with a backstory,” one commenter said. “That’s one of the major appeals to chili and cinnamon rolls. Whether it’s served at school cafeterias or a community supper, it’s comforting...
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Also, TIL this subject goes way deeper than just calculating a simple point in time. It was a fun little rabbit hole I fell into.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Had one of those fun moments getting an answer to 'I wonder if there's an #RStats package for that?' Calculating sunrise and sunset times? Yep, there's a package for that: `suntools` 📦🔗: github.com/adokter/sunt...
github.com
GitHub - adokter/suntools: R package to calculate sun position, sunrise, sunset, solar noon and twilight
R package to calculate sun position, sunrise, sunset, solar noon and twilight - adokter/suntools
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I haven't received an email, yet. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks for the heads up.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Spent some time learning more about @github.com Actions today. Thankful for r-lib's #RStats actions. It makes getting up and going way easier: github.com/r-lib/actions The use of caching for setting up R's dependencies is also 🤌.
github.com
GitHub - r-lib/actions: GitHub Actions for the R community
GitHub Actions for the R community. Contribute to r-lib/actions development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
`TODO: Fix this ...` is the message I write to my future self. My past self is unhelpful from time to time 😂
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Awesome list. Thanks for sharing! I'll have to check out the tech and psychology podcasts. +1 to 99% Invincible. It was my entry point to the world of podcasting.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Any good recommendations?
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Might be related: mattwaite.github.io/posts/2025-1... @mattwaite.bsky.social was gobsmacked with Antigravity. Good read. Check it out.
mattwaite.github.io
Parsing PDFs with Antigravity – Matt Waite’s Collection of Miscellany
In a word: Gobsmacked.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Great read! Thanks for sharing.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Seeing this years @posit.co table contest winners was inspiring: posit.co/blog/2025-ta.... It's amazing to see the functionality others came up with. My favorite? Leo Ohyama's: github.com/leoohyama/po... . The ticker at the top was a really neat idea. #RStats #dataBS
posit.co
Winners of the 2025 Table Contest - Posit
We had many submissions to the Posit 2025 Table Contest and this post will show you the winners, the special prize recipients, and the runners up!
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
So much to learn observing other's work. Very helpful find. Thanks for sharing!
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Nice, thanks for the share. I’ll have to check it out. @ivelasq3.bsky.social also has a really good write up: ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/underst... 2022, time flies …
ivelasq.rbind.io
Understanding the native R pipe |> – %>% dreams
Or, why mtcars |> plot(hp, mpg) doesn’t work and what you can do about it.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Hey @tylerclark12.bsky.social, I’m on the base |> train. Reviewing old code with the %>% just reminds of a time getting started with R. Like the times spent with folks learning in the @dslc.io book clubs.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
That feeling of nostalgia when you look at some old #RStats code using magrittr's `%>%`. Taking a moment to pause and reflect on some good times.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This … This is is why I’m here. No notes.
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Jon Harmon (he/him/his) @jonthegeek.com · 29/10/2025
Thank you so much, Jen! If all goes well, that submission will be the final #TidyTuesday for 2025! It is *so* helpful when people submit datasets! I've been able to implement features to catch errors in datasets, and I have more on the way. Maybe I'll even finally finish the easier to use website!
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Today I read: How I build software quickly from @evanhahn.com: evanhahn.com/how-i-build-... Some great advice within. Three sections really landed for me: 1. embrace rough drafts 2. make small changes. 3. avoid wandering the code. Good read. I highly suggest others check it out.
evanhahn.com
How I build software quickly
Know how good your code needs to be for the task at hand. Start with a rough draft. Try to soften requirements if you can. Don't get distracted. Make small changes. Practice specific skills.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Big fan of this! Thanks for the idea.
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Jon Harmon (he/him/his) @jonthegeek.com · 24/10/2025
I only need *5* more dataset curations (and to review those 5 plus the open PR) to be done curating #TidyTuesday for 2025! I can definitely do at least one myself, so I just need 4 of you to curate a dataset! Check out github.com/rfordatascie... for #RStats instructions.
github.com
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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 22/10/2025
We need to have a conversation about random seeds. Don't use 42. blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/if-your-ra...
blog.genesmindsmachines.com
If your random seed is 42 I will come to your office and set your computer on fire🔥
Figuratively. More likely you'll get a stern talking to.
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
+1 to this comment. Dive in!
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
For @github.com, if you like working from the command line, I highly suggest checking out their CLI tool: cli.github.com
cli.github.com
GitHub CLI
Take GitHub to the command line
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
In my view, the subject gets muddy quick because it's so feature rich. Some of it fits a data science workflow, others are more for large enterprise level software development projects. The no one really cares <---> pain and suffering scale from the talk allowed me to be more realistic using git
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
If you're interested in gamifying your learning experience, I suggest: learngitbranching.js.org . @csgillespie.bsky.social from @jumpingrivers.com had a great @posit.co::conf(2023) talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwLx....
learngitbranching.js.org
Learn Git Branching
An interactive Git visualization tool to educate and challenge!
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
✅ Checklist: 1. Is it visible at the right time? 2. Is it actionable? 3. Is it used? 2/2
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Collin Berke @collinberke.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
TIL: Set expiry dates on metrics. Recently came across this idea in two blog posts from @adrianhoward.com: 🔗 adrianhoward.com/posts/give-y... 🔗 adrianhoward.com/posts/three-... I also really like the three-question checklist for reviewing data products (e.g., metrics, dashboards) 👇 #dataBS 1/2
adrianhoward.com
Give Your Metrics an Expiry Date
TL;DR: Set expiry dates for your metrics!
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