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Visruth Srimath Kandali

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Cal Poly Statistics student broadly interested in Bayesian statistics, computational methods, and modeling. Member of the Stan development team. visruth.com

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Carlos Scheidegger @cscheid.net · 23/09/2026
Louder for the people in the back: Jev can’t be calibrated www.alexmolas.com/2026/09/23/j... Friends don’t let friends lie about the accessibility of the DGD even in principle
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Jev can't be calibrated
Jev is a useful zero-shot classifier, but its probabilities can't be calibrated for your data. Calibration depends on your data distribution, which Jev never sees, so treat its outputs as scores and r...
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 15/09/2026
ChatGPT recently started producing docx reports and a little "never output docx unless expressly requested" cleaned that up.
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Gabor Csardi @gaborcsardi.org · 14/09/2026
New beta of #Rstats rig: LOTS of EXCITING stuff: - new: web site: rig.r-lib.org - new: user-mode R installation: rig.r-lib.org/admin-vs-use... - new: manage R packages (CRAN + git): rig.r-lib.org/pkg-guide.html - new: manage R projects and virtual environments: rig.r-lib.org/proj-guide.h...
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rig – the R Installation Manager – rig
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 04/09/2026
You can do some Stan stuff fully in browser! It's experimental, and I haven't tried it so caveat emptor, but here are two relevant links if you wanted to check it out. `stanli` is the bit that runs Stan in WASM. seantalts.github.io/stanli/ discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stanr...
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 01/09/2026
`stanflow` v0.2.0 is out! `stanflow` is a metapackage a la `tidyverse` to provide a convenient way to install and manage #rstats Stan packages. The package is still in early stages; as such, if you want some features they can probably be added! Stan forum: discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stanflow-v...
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`stanflow` v0.2.0 is out
It’s been a while, but stanflow v0.2.0 has just been released by @Visruth. stanflow is a metapackage a la tidyverse to provide a convenient way to install and manage R Stan packages. (See Soft relea...
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 07/08/2026
Just released a pkgdown template #Rstats package driven by a single _brand.yml file. Has some scaffolding to make using it nice in pkgdown and with #Quarto. www.visruth.com/blog/2026080...
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Brand template repo
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 31/07/2026
Don't disagree tbh, but it's one and done. I've been using positron since some alpha/beta though so config time is so far gone I don't remember how painful it was... Also could never go back to RStudio though.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 31/07/2026
Does ctrl-p do this? Windows shortcut and dunno what the equivalent is on Mac, and I further don't remember the actual command, sorry. But I feel like there is a (separate) popup which let's you do this. Not sure if you know and wish it were integrated, which would be nice as an option.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 26/07/2026
Just got on AMO: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/androi...
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grampanext – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox Android (en-US)
Download grampanext for Firefox. Highlight Grampan matches in the current article. Grampan is a tool made by Stephen Turner (forked off Simon Wilson) to highlight AI-isms in prose. grampanext does the...
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 22/07/2026
Very cool! I got an LLM to somewhat accurately convert it into a browser extension. Its not on AMO or Chrome Webstore though, but one can sideload. github.com/VisruthSK/gr... The name is supposed to be "Grampan Extension" but it looks like "Grampa next" now...
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GitHub - VisruthSK/grampanext: `grampan` as a browser extension
`grampan` as a browser extension. Contribute to VisruthSK/grampanext development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 16/07/2026
Saw you figured out why this happened, but I was also running into Positron path issues and iirc it turned out it was because I had a Path and not a PATH. Just Windows Things. Almost convinced me to not be lazy and dual boot a *nix on my laptop...
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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I have been tinkering with how to quickly modify a Quarto theme, and I think I have a decently fast solution. Introducing the Quarto Theme Tweaker Run the `Open Theme Tweaker` command in an active qmd file. Modify the settings to your liking. Save the results. github.com/EmilHvitfeld... #quarto
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 26/06/2026
Latest version of Stanflow (only available from GH for now) has the new citation. Use `stanflow::stan_cite()` to get a bibtex for all Stan packages/functions in your project. github.com/VisruthSK/st...
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GitHub - VisruthSK/stanflow: R Package for a Mildly Opinionated Stan Bayesian Workflow
R Package for a Mildly Opinionated Stan Bayesian Workflow - VisruthSK/stanflow
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 24/06/2026
Just released bootstrapper 1.1.0, now with support for setting up touchstone and cleaner support for using air/jarl (especially in an existing project). bootstrapper is a #rstats package designed to quickstart new packages, following some practices I like. Read more: github.com/VisruthSK/bo...
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GitHub - VisruthSK/bootstrapper: Opinionated R package quickstart
Opinionated R package quickstart. Contribute to VisruthSK/bootstrapper development by creating an account on GitHub.
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics has been awarded to the R Project. #RStats www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026
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The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics is a biennial prize to celebrate outstanding contributions to statistics research.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 16/06/2026
Oh there's a Ruby rv? I was going to be very surprised that you used R ha ha: a2-ai.github.io/rv-docs/
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Welcome to rv
rv - A fast, declarative, R package manager
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 11/06/2026
Wait till it starts slinging work to the polecats without consulting the refinery.
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Pierre-Simon Laplace @learnbayesstats.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🚨 @rmcelreath.bsky.social @statmodeling.bsky.social & @avehtari.bsky.social are coming on the show mid-June to discuss their new book, Bayesian Workflow! ONE listener gets to bring a real Bayesian problem onto the recording and have the three of them work through it live. Here's how to enter 🧵
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 28/04/2026
Wow the new codex usage limits really sting. Or maybe 5.5 is just token inefficient? Either way I'm hitting my 5hr limit consistently now, even only on medium. School pays though, so I guess I can't really complain.
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Jessica Hullman @jessicahullman.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
New post on AI, self-preserving compassion, and how none of us are immune to it. open.substack.com/pub/jessicah...
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 21/04/2026
Well that's easy to remember
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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
More details about the Bayesian Workflow book and case studies now available on the book web site avehtari.github.io/Bayesian-Wor... (but you still need to wait a bit for the book)
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Bayesian Workflow book: Website – Bayesian Workflow book
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 07/04/2026
Oh it's blue!? Thought it would be red like BDA and friends.
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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
By now it is obvious that AI has completely solved statistics and machine learning. So as the next step in the tidymodels journey we are moving into game development! Introducing our first game! emilhvitfeldt.github.io/tidymodels-d...
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 10/03/2026
AI should help us produce better code simonwillison.net/guides/agent...
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AI should help us produce better code - Agentic Engineering Patterns
AI should help us produce better code - Agentic Engineering Patterns
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 06/03/2026
Out of left field recommendations, but have you played Sable or Deus Ex?
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 04/03/2026
Whattt no $xlink coin?
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 04/03/2026
Ooh is that what this was alluding to? Or is useful Gastown a different project? bsky.app/profile/doll...
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 04/03/2026
Righto! Also is crosslink something new or typo? I don't remember seeing about crosslink
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 04/03/2026
Impressive! I moreso meant against sklearn, but thanks for these details too.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 04/03/2026
Woah I need to get on chainlink. Any benchmarks?
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 03/03/2026
I've also seen the "average of the Internet" view--which falls apart once out of distribution, which I think is pretty frequent when coding. I don't see why people have such a hard time rejecting the companies/economy/etc around AI while recognizing the tech is transformative.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 26/02/2026
v1 of `bootstrapper`, an opinionated #rstats package to help you start building modern R packages. Wraps a number of usethis funcs to simplify starting new packages. Adds some common GHA, dependabot, air + jarl (precommit hook and GHA), and a concise AGENTS.md which I'm rather liking.
bootstrapper.visruth.com
Opinionated R Package Quickstart
Bootstrap new R packages with strongly opinionated defaults. Creates the package scaffold, wires up tests, README and NEWS, configures GitHub Actions and Dependabot, adds Air/Jarl setup, and drop in a...
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 24/02/2026
I've been searching for a good RPN CLI for this very reason; startup times for existing projects in Positron have been horrendous.
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Gautam Kamath @gautamkamath.com · 24/02/2026
Fantastic post by Colin Raffel, "We Are Over-Indexing on Paper Acceptance," drafted in May 2021 (!) but only posted now. The more things change.. Last sentence: "If you want to judge a researcher’s quality, the only meaningful way is to read their papers and judge for yourself."
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 19/02/2026
Repurposed a bit of an old post on aesthetics and hastily blended some other thoughts. tl;dr: I want science fiction artificial intelligences like Olivaw et al., and I want to reserve the term AI for that kind of intelligences, not for LLMs. www.visruth.com/writings/ai/
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What's an AI?
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Doll @dollspace.gay · 17/02/2026
Its big problem with openclaw is that its just a terrible product that does nothing of value and a big company buys it and ignores real tools that do real work
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 08/02/2026
Got the big Calvin and Hobbes collection and it is bananas that Watterson dropped one of the best strips of all time within a month of starting the comic
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 06/02/2026
Self promo: I have a repo about S7 specifically if you want to learn more about modern OOP in R. github.com/VisruthSK/Bi...
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GitHub - VisruthSK/BigNum: A toy package designed to showcase and serve as a reference/tutorial for S7 development. To be used in conjunction with the S7 package website.
A toy package designed to showcase and serve as a reference/tutorial for S7 development. To be used in conjunction with the S7 package website. - VisruthSK/BigNum
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 06/02/2026
Yup I don't understand the fascination, which probably means I'm bad at using them tbf. That being said, marimo notebooks are way saner than Jupyter Notebooks, if one can't use Quarto for some reason.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 05/02/2026
Someday I will conquer my white whale with at least 90% recall: ankiweb.net/shared/info/...
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 05/02/2026
Same. I really want inference providers like cerebras and groq to take off but it doesn't seem like that's the path the industry is heading on.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 05/02/2026
First release of stanflow! v0.1.0 was a few days later than I'd like, but its up now. Stanflow is a metapackage a la tidyverse for a Stan Bayesian workflow--see the README for more details/features! Feedback/issues/PRs are always appreciated. #rstats #bayes
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GitHub - VisruthSK/stanflow: R Package for a Mildly Opinionated Stan Bayesian Workflow
R Package for a Mildly Opinionated Stan Bayesian Workflow - VisruthSK/stanflow
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 04/02/2026
What's the right term for AI silkposting... www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...
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Urban Dictionary: Silkpost
Silkpost: shitposting to cope about a game that does not exist.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 03/02/2026
huggingface.co/unsloth/Qwen... Under 64gigs so some M series Macs or some Strix Halo setups could pull it off? See hn: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4687...
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unsloth/Qwen3-Coder-Next-GGUF · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
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Sung Kim @sungkim.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
They found that much of LLM “reasoning” doesn’t come from RL training; it comes from how you sample the model. Paper: Scalable Power Sampling: Unlocking Efficient, Training-Free Reasoning for LLMs via Distribution Sharpening ( www.arxiv.org/abs/2601.21590 )
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 29/01/2026
Excited to read your update, love all of your posts! Have you seen @natolambert.bsky.social's podcast on Arcee? I listened to it yesterday and it was quite good, albeit much above my pay grade.
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Visruth Srimath Kandali @visruth.com · 15/01/2026
@greatdismal.bsky.social any chance of a Folio Sprawl collection? www.foliosociety.com
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Beautifully Illustrated Hardback Books | Folio Society
Discover The Folio Society. The world's most extensive selection of beautifully illustrated books. The perfect gift. Find out more.
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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 13/01/2026
Cleaning up the desktop on my laptop and found this #ggplot2 #rstats
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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
All the material for my Bayesian Data Analysis course is available online, including the lectures, which we re-recorded this fall (some of them by @aloctavodia.bsky.social and Noa Kallioinen while I was on vacation). The video links are listed in the schedule at avehtari.github.io/BDA_course_A...
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Bayesian Data Analysis course - Aalto 2025 – Bayesian Data Analysis course
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