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Tom Mock

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Product Manager @posit.co👨‍💻 I ❤️ 🌮, dogs, and data science IDEs Productive with open source #RStats and #PyData @thomas_mock@fosstodon.org + @thomas_mock He/Him | San Antonio, TX TheMockup.blog

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Tom Mock @themockup.blog · 14/09/2026

R-based virtual envs!

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Tom Mock @themockup.blog · 23/04/2026

🚀 Posit Workbench 2026.04 is released! Posit Assistant, a unified data science AI agent now in Preview for RStudio + Positron! Other highlights: 📅 Moving to monthly releases 📓 Positron Notebook Editor (Alpha) ⏫ Admins can update Positron For much more read the blogpost: posit.co/blog/workben...

Overlay of two screenshots: Posit Assistant in Positron and Posit Assistant in RStudio

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Tom Mock @themockup.blog · 05/03/2026

COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC <SORRY SETH> When can I get you to try out the Positron IDE and the new Data Explorer? 😆 Would also love any feedback positron.posit.co/data-explore...

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Tom Mock @themockup.blog · 22/12/2025

Also, really helpful would be a Chat Log export from a reprex/example session. That gives us a ton of info on tool calls and potential failures. Command Palette: > Chat: Export Chat

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Tom Mock @themockup.blog · 22/12/2025

Thanks! Checking in w/ dev team as well. Can you confirm you're using Agent or Edit mode?

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Tom Mock @themockup.blog · 21/11/2025

Glad to help! There are some settings for that extension, filter the settings UI with this: @ext:streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker. The Files or Enabled Files Types may be helpful for restricting behavior. positron://settings/cSpell.files positron://settings/cSpell.enabledFileTypes

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Tom Mock @themockup.blog · 21/11/2025

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Tom Mock @themockup.blog · 29/10/2025

Great Q from @smachlis.bsky.social in @posit.co hangout: "How can I see token usage in Positron Assistant?" For providers that track tokens, we display in Chat and Positron Assistant icon on the right of the Status Bar. Image from pending 2025.11.0 release #RStats #Pydata #DataBS #Positron

Screenshot of Positron Assistant with highlights on the Chat pane and Assistant overview.

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Tom Mock @themockup.blog · 08/07/2025

Thanks for trying it out! Check out this button in the plot pane for opening in editor or new window and the "colorize" extension for coloring hex codes and other colors: