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ellmer 0.5.0 is now on CRAN, with new ways to send files to the model, citations from web search tools, and new ways to update model price data.

if you always wanted to but think it isn't worth telling a speaker you liked their talk, this is your encouragement post to do so.

shinychat v0.5.0 for R and v0.7.1 for Python make it easier to build complete, conversation-centered Shiny chat applications with history, editing, branching, greetings, suggestions, citations, tool d...

A fast formatter for YAML and Markdown.

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My approach to agentic skills and how I build them around my own practice.

With the proper setup and guidance, you can have Claude Code, Codex, Posit Assistant, and other coding agents writing R code like a pro. Here’s how.

querychat now supports ggsql-powered visualizations — users can ask "show me" questions and get charts rendered directly in the chat, alongside SQL queries and reactive filtering, all without arbitrar...

Many of the most upvoted RStudio feature requests are already implemented in Positron, and we explore ten of them.

Two CRAN releases extend R's foundations for production async: bounded queues and `try_mirai()` in mirai 2.7.0, plus mori 0.2.0 graduating from experimental status.

Introducing ggsql, a grammar of graphics for SQL that lets you describe visualizations directly inside SQL queries.