Reposted by Mwavu KennedyDirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 11/07/2026Norm 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. 313038
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyJames Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Checking on an R package usually takes five open tabs: CRAN, GitHub, download counts, reverse deps, check results. R Observatory collects all of that on one page, for every CRAN and Bioconductor package. r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com #rstats 5329
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyDaniel Saewitz @saewitz.com · 03/07/2026HTTP QUERY method slaps so hard, excellent verbiage and functionality 0211
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 04/07/2026been on a c arc lately. as part of the learning process, i explore coordinates and the straight line in this video. starts with theory + examples, then finally an implementation in c. you might find it cool, idk. youtu.be/qHKUqybP-iIyoutu.becoordinates and the straight line | c implementationYouTube video by Mwavu Kennedy 030
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 03/07/2026financial times also has one of the coolest i've seen so far. 2135
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 28/06/2026very handy! curious... why did you prefer `do.call(c, ...)` instead of `unlist(...)`? 210
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 23/06/2026when did you switch to nvim? used to know you as an emacs die-hard fan. 100
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 22/06/2026{hypertext} v1.3.0 is on CRAN. added support for all svg tags. we also now have a docs site, thanks to pkgdown. sigflux.github.io/hypertext/in...sigflux.github.ioHTML Element ConstructionProvides a deterministic, framework-agnostic Domain-Specific Language for building HTML nodes and rendering them to a string. 010
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyEmil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Having a visual component when you are teaching a new concept is always something I value. I went back and redid some old diagrams as animations This website has all mp4, gif and code for you to use yourself in slides of websites! emilhvitfeldt.github.io/tidy-animati... #rstats #quarto #dataBS 1495
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyAleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Me at work, every day. #RStats 1469
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyGabor Csardi @gaborcsardi.org · 11/06/2026#Rstats package update: zip 3.0.0 with some very cool new things: password protected zip files, vectorized and concurrent unzip(), unzip over HTTP, progress bars. Full change log at github.com/r-lib/zip/re...github.comReleases · r-lib/zipPlatform independent zip compression via miniz. Contribute to r-lib/zip development by creating an account on GitHub. 0355
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyHenrik Bengtsson @henrikbengtsson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026#RStats challenge and potential community project: * Create a minimal package 'dumpsterfire' that triggers as many 'R CMD check' issues as possible! Fun, but could also become a excellent resource for illustrating and understanding package check issues Here's a start: github.com/HenrikBengts... 27422
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 03/06/2026been working through lots of quadratic equations lately. i'm not in school or anything, let's just say i'm exploring free will :) made a video about the quadratic formula, perfect squares, and DIY implementation in R. #rstats you might find it interesting, idk. youtu.be/CRyBiJfh9sU?...youtu.bequadratic equation solver in RYouTube video by Mwavu 030
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 03/06/2026> Anyone has an idea why? i do... claude is stupid & outdated. 110
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyThomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 30/05/2026R distinguishes between functions and non-functions in almost all contexts, and will look for the appropriate type first. Finding the F density as df happens when there isn't a non-function df to find, and that's when you get "object of type closure is not subsettable" 1131
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyJohn Coene @john-coene.com · 20/05/2026Built this a while ago but forgot to share: limericks.site 🚫 limericks are obscene It was about building something fun using as many of the internal tools I've developed over the years 👇limericks.siteLimericksA website for sharing limericks 283
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyKevin Ushey @kevinushey.bsky.social · 17/05/2026"on its way to CRAN", the five sweetest words in the english language #rstats 1231
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyJohn Coene @john-coene.com · 12/05/2026Watch me ramble about #rstats in an attempt to introduce my "builder" preprocessor. Word count: - "heh" - 56 - "ah" - 47 - "hmmm" - 34 - "..." - 23 - *inaudible - 17 youtu.be/VBj6Q8Ad6aU?...youtu.beBuilder - a preprocessor for RYouTube video by John Coene 0104
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyJames Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social · 04/05/2026A month later, here is what happened to this work. blog.thecoatlessprofessor.com/posts/extrac... #rstatsblog.thecoatlessprofessor.comExtraction with a Footnote – TheCoatlessProfessor 2249
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 01/05/2026was going through my gh repos and stumbled upon one of the first shiny apps i made. 5 yrs ago. landed me my first r shiny developer role. barely use shiny nowadays but it's great looking back at those early days of my career. the code is a total shitshow, but still runs. shiny-one.mwavu.comshiny-one.mwavu.comData Visualization 0142
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyJosiah @josiah.rs · 30/04/2026📣 Last day for @rconsortium.bsky.social grant submissions! My (unofficial) Tips: - Small scoped R 📦 (or improvement) / tool - ~6 - 12 month duration - 3-7k ask is the sweet spot Spend 45-60 mins with your thoughts to write a proposal! r-consortium.org/all-projects... #rstatsr-consortium.orgR Consortium – callforproposals 184
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 25/04/2026i hate it when i specifically point out the file it should work on then i see "exploring code base". i'm like "mf if you don't stop i'm gonna walk to claude headquarters and shut you off". 010
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 24/04/2026you're absolutely right. just say go and i will... ⚠️ oops! daily limit reached. wait for 24 hours to continue this conversation. ⚠️ 110
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyWolfgang Viechtbauer @wviechtb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026The best of both worlds: `<=` <- .Primitive("<-") x <= c(2,5,6) mean(x) #Rstats 081
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 23/04/2026you're absolutely right. if you want me to go ahead and list who to block just say so. 000
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyJosiah @josiah.rs · 22/04/2026R-Consortium grant submission deadline May 1st! My (very unofficial and not-endorsed) recommendation is: - targeted and clearly scoped proposal - Short and concise (maybe a list, chart, table etc) - Milestones across ~6-8 months - ~5k-ish USD #rstats r-consortium.org/all-projects...r-consortium.orgR Consortium – callforproposals 046
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 20/04/2026{hypertext} 1.2.0 is out on CRAN. we've added support for trailing commas in tags. quite a small feature but makes for great UX. check it out: github.com/sigflux/hype... #rstats 1133
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 14/04/2026my condolences to his family and loved ones. this got me thinking, one day i'll wake up and all the amazing people i've interacted with in the R community will all be gone. it's a specific type of sadness i can't find words for. 010
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 12/04/2026got bored, decided to make a video about the bubble sort algorithm. #rstats youtu.be/6uoklttVG94?...youtu.bebubble sort algorithm in RYouTube video by Mwavu 050
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyJosiah @josiah.rs · 10/04/2026✨ CRAN non-API 📦 package checks via GitHub action and {plumber} API 👨🏻🔧 Changes keep coming left and right and I can't keep up! github.com/JosiahParry/... #rstats 1101
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyMiles McBain @milesmcbain.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Guy I’m sponsoring very quietly releases #rstats package I’ve been wanting for the last couple of years. pkg.yihui.org/gglite/doc/g... Guess he shut up and took my money. 🤣🤣🤣pkg.yihui.orgIntroduction to ggliteA visualization in gglite is built by composing independent layers: 39821
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyBruno Rodrigues @brodriguesco.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I fucking love humans youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?... 231
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 10/04/2026me at first: what the heck is this? me 10 mins in: this fucking rocks!! 010
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyTom Smith @analyst42.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Hey #rstats world. Before I write something, is there anything out there to discover database table relationships from a large body of production sql (1000+ queries)? I have a largeish undocumented data warehouse (700 tables, 28k cols). 584
Mwavu Kennedy @mwavu.com · 09/04/2026let's just say she switched from tidyverse to base R. different style, same language. 090
Reposted by Mwavu KennedyJohn Coene @john-coene.com · 14/03/2026I can't with these encoding issues man 0278
![Screenshot of a failed github action workflow "Check for non-API calls."
Text output:
Run RESPONSE=$(curl -sf "https://dev.vm.ubuntu.ricochet.rs/app/non-api-checks/check?pkg=$PKG_NAME")
{
"last_updated": "2026-04-10 17:52:44 CEST",
"has_non_api_calls": true,
"symbols": [
"R_UnboundValue"
]
}
Error: non-API calls detected in b64
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:63atwz67mlrdquqnasarutmr/bafkreig2ldfi2cyrirfackg3uxrnvb5a76i7i5dpuapy3iphoxa5d2ouya)
