Alexander Severinsen
@alexsever.bsky.social
Data scientist @ Cofactor.
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Introducing gdalcli by Andrew Brown -- an R frontend to GDAL’s unified CLI (≥3.11) 🌐
Compose and execute GDAL workflows with pipe-friendly functions.
Learn more: github.com/brownag/gdal...
#RStats #GDAL #Geospatial #OpenSource #RSpatial
Compose and execute GDAL workflows with pipe-friendly functions.
Learn more: github.com/brownag/gdal...
#RStats #GDAL #Geospatial #OpenSource #RSpatial
GitHub - brownag/gdalcli: An R Frontend for the GDAL CLI
An R Frontend for the GDAL CLI. Contribute to brownag/gdalcli development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Introducing gdalcli by Andrew Brown -- an R frontend to GDAL’s unified CLI (≥3.11) 🌐
Compose and execute GDAL workflows with pipe-friendly functions.
Learn more: github.com/brownag/gdal...
#RStats #GDAL #Geospatial #OpenSource #RSpatial
Compose and execute GDAL workflows with pipe-friendly functions.
Learn more: github.com/brownag/gdal...
#RStats #GDAL #Geospatial #OpenSource #RSpatial
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
🚀 Watch the Earth Change: New QGIS Plugin Creates Satellite Timelapse Animations in Seconds 🌍
A QGIS plugin for creating timelapse animations from satellite and aerial imagery using Google Earth Engine. Supports NAIP, Landsat, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1, MODIS NDVI, and GOES weather satellite imagery.
A QGIS plugin for creating timelapse animations from satellite and aerial imagery using Google Earth Engine. Supports NAIP, Landsat, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1, MODIS NDVI, and GOES weather satellite imagery.
December 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚀 Watch the Earth Change: New QGIS Plugin Creates Satellite Timelapse Animations in Seconds 🌍
A QGIS plugin for creating timelapse animations from satellite and aerial imagery using Google Earth Engine. Supports NAIP, Landsat, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1, MODIS NDVI, and GOES weather satellite imagery.
A QGIS plugin for creating timelapse animations from satellite and aerial imagery using Google Earth Engine. Supports NAIP, Landsat, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1, MODIS NDVI, and GOES weather satellite imagery.
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
My favorite #Python package to use is spopt, a library for spatial optimization.
It helps you with:
📊 Facility location planning;
📊 Sales territory design;
📊 Maximizing market share;
And much more! Check it out here:
pysal.org/spopt/
It helps you with:
📊 Facility location planning;
📊 Sales territory design;
📊 Maximizing market share;
And much more! Check it out here:
pysal.org/spopt/
December 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My favorite #Python package to use is spopt, a library for spatial optimization.
It helps you with:
📊 Facility location planning;
📊 Sales territory design;
📊 Maximizing market share;
And much more! Check it out here:
pysal.org/spopt/
It helps you with:
📊 Facility location planning;
📊 Sales territory design;
📊 Maximizing market share;
And much more! Check it out here:
pysal.org/spopt/
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Working with big spatial data sets in #rstats? You should try {duckspatial}. The dev version of #duckspatial (soon on CRAN) uses #duckdb to perform super fast and memory efficient spatial operations cidree.github.io/duckspatial/...
In a benchmark against, {sf}....
In a benchmark against, {sf}....
December 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Working with big spatial data sets in #rstats? You should try {duckspatial}. The dev version of #duckspatial (soon on CRAN) uses #duckdb to perform super fast and memory efficient spatial operations cidree.github.io/duckspatial/...
In a benchmark against, {sf}....
In a benchmark against, {sf}....
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
New Post on @ropensci.org: Better #RStats Code, Without Any Effort, Without Even AI
Edited by @etiennebacher.bsky.social & Steffi LaZerte
Read about:
✨ {lintr} for detecting lints
✨ Air for formatting code
✨ jarl for detecting+fixing lints
✨ {flir} for refactoring
ropensci.org/blog/2025/12...
Edited by @etiennebacher.bsky.social & Steffi LaZerte
Read about:
✨ {lintr} for detecting lints
✨ Air for formatting code
✨ jarl for detecting+fixing lints
✨ {flir} for refactoring
ropensci.org/blog/2025/12...
Better Code, Without Any Effort, Without Even AI
Useful local, free, deterministic tools to improve your code
ropensci.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New Post on @ropensci.org: Better #RStats Code, Without Any Effort, Without Even AI
Edited by @etiennebacher.bsky.social & Steffi LaZerte
Read about:
✨ {lintr} for detecting lints
✨ Air for formatting code
✨ jarl for detecting+fixing lints
✨ {flir} for refactoring
ropensci.org/blog/2025/12...
Edited by @etiennebacher.bsky.social & Steffi LaZerte
Read about:
✨ {lintr} for detecting lints
✨ Air for formatting code
✨ jarl for detecting+fixing lints
✨ {flir} for refactoring
ropensci.org/blog/2025/12...
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Creating polished PDFs from Quarto can be challenging.
At @claritydatastudio.com, we now use Typst for high-quality, branded reports.
@joseph-barbier.bsky.social and I have created a detailed walkthrough to show you how we do it.
Learn more: buff.ly/hRuUEqR
#rstats
At @claritydatastudio.com, we now use Typst for high-quality, branded reports.
@joseph-barbier.bsky.social and I have created a detailed walkthrough to show you how we do it.
Learn more: buff.ly/hRuUEqR
#rstats
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Creating polished PDFs from Quarto can be challenging.
At @claritydatastudio.com, we now use Typst for high-quality, branded reports.
@joseph-barbier.bsky.social and I have created a detailed walkthrough to show you how we do it.
Learn more: buff.ly/hRuUEqR
#rstats
At @claritydatastudio.com, we now use Typst for high-quality, branded reports.
@joseph-barbier.bsky.social and I have created a detailed walkthrough to show you how we do it.
Learn more: buff.ly/hRuUEqR
#rstats
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Just discovered the {gm} package, which lets you programmatically create sheet music (and audio!) with #rstats (with MuseScore as the backend) flujoo.github.io/gm/index.html
![library(dplyr)
library(gm)
golden <- tribble(
~pitches, ~duration, ~lyric,
"E4", "q", "I’m",
"G4", "q", "done",
"C5", "q", "hid-",
"B4", "q", "-ing",
"D4", "q", "now",
"G4", "q", "I’m",
"E5", "q", "shin-",
"D5", "q", "-ing",
"G4", "q", "like",
"B4", "q", "I’m",
"A5", "q", "born",
"F#5", "q/3*(q/8)", "to",
"G5", "q/3", "be._",
"G5", "h", ""
)
music <-
Music() +
Key(1) +
Tempo(125) +
Meter(2, 4) +
Line(pitches = golden$pitches, durations = golden$duration) +
Tie(13) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[1], 1) + Lyric(golden$lyric[2], 2) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[3], 3) + Lyric(golden$lyric[4], 4) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[5], 5) + Lyric(golden$lyric[6], 6) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[7], 7) + Lyric(golden$lyric[8], 8) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[9], 9) + Lyric(golden$lyric[10], 10) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[11], 11) + Lyric(golden$lyric[12], 12) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[13], 13)
show(music)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zcfjzyocp6kapg6jc4eacok/bafkreibtyn3pj42roxnclhguomtm5o4n2rdvgf4m3o4bikcrs3snaez3py@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just discovered the {gm} package, which lets you programmatically create sheet music (and audio!) with #rstats (with MuseScore as the backend) flujoo.github.io/gm/index.html
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
The @maprva.org surveillance map, ported to #Rstats using mapgl, osmdata, sf, and dplyr.
gist.github.com/mhpob/17782b...
Not 1:1 in terms of Ultra/Mapbox GL JS -> R, but pretty close!
Original query: overpass-ultra.us#query=url%3A...
cc @mackaszechno.bsky.social @kylewalker.bsky.social
gist.github.com/mhpob/17782b...
Not 1:1 in terms of Ultra/Mapbox GL JS -> R, but pretty close!
Original query: overpass-ultra.us#query=url%3A...
cc @mackaszechno.bsky.social @kylewalker.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The @maprva.org surveillance map, ported to #Rstats using mapgl, osmdata, sf, and dplyr.
gist.github.com/mhpob/17782b...
Not 1:1 in terms of Ultra/Mapbox GL JS -> R, but pretty close!
Original query: overpass-ultra.us#query=url%3A...
cc @mackaszechno.bsky.social @kylewalker.bsky.social
gist.github.com/mhpob/17782b...
Not 1:1 in terms of Ultra/Mapbox GL JS -> R, but pretty close!
Original query: overpass-ultra.us#query=url%3A...
cc @mackaszechno.bsky.social @kylewalker.bsky.social
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Are you an RStudio user thinking about trying Positron? We put together some resources to help with the transition.
Learn how to import your keybindings and handle projects while gaining a more flexible environment for both #RStats and Python.
Check out the guide: positron.posit.co/migrate-rstu...
Learn how to import your keybindings and handle projects while gaining a more flexible environment for both #RStats and Python.
Check out the guide: positron.posit.co/migrate-rstu...
September 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Are you an RStudio user thinking about trying Positron? We put together some resources to help with the transition.
Learn how to import your keybindings and handle projects while gaining a more flexible environment for both #RStats and Python.
Check out the guide: positron.posit.co/migrate-rstu...
Learn how to import your keybindings and handle projects while gaining a more flexible environment for both #RStats and Python.
Check out the guide: positron.posit.co/migrate-rstu...
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Positron Assistant: GitHub Copilot and Claude-Powered Agentic Coding in R blog.stephenturner.us/p/positron-a...
#rstats
#rstats
Positron Assistant: GitHub Copilot and Claude-Powered Agentic Coding in R
Positron Assistant provides inline completions with GitHub Copilot and chat using Claude 4 Sonnet. Demonstration: using agent mode to create an R package with Roxygen2 docs and testthat unit tests.
blog.stephenturner.us
July 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Positron Assistant: GitHub Copilot and Claude-Powered Agentic Coding in R blog.stephenturner.us/p/positron-a...
#rstats
#rstats
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
*Another* blog post about @posit.co's Positron! Its Remote Explorer feature lets you connect to other computers via SSH, including locally-running Docker containers, which means you can write and run code in version-locked #rstats environments! www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/07...
July 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
*Another* blog post about @posit.co's Positron! Its Remote Explorer feature lets you connect to other computers via SSH, including locally-running Docker containers, which means you can write and run code in version-locked #rstats environments! www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/07...
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Really enjoyed speaking to Cascadia R Conference today! Materials from my talk are at rfortherestofus.com/cascadia2025. #rstats
David Keyes @dgkeyes.com is giving an excellent keynote presentation about "25 Ways to Use R" at the Cascadia R Conference @cascadiarconf.bsky.social at OHSU @ohsunews.bsky.social in Portland, OR. R isn't just for stats! #R #Rstats #coding
June 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Really enjoyed speaking to Cascadia R Conference today! Materials from my talk are at rfortherestofus.com/cascadia2025. #rstats
#rstats
I recently needed a Py lib in a R Shiny app (in a Docker container). Magical to use reticulate and uv to make this work! Later, I restarted the container - no code changes. App crashed. Why? uv had silently installed the latest version of a Py lib. What’s the best practice to prevent this?
I recently needed a Py lib in a R Shiny app (in a Docker container). Magical to use reticulate and uv to make this work! Later, I restarted the container - no code changes. App crashed. Why? uv had silently installed the latest version of a Py lib. What’s the best practice to prevent this?
June 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#rstats
I recently needed a Py lib in a R Shiny app (in a Docker container). Magical to use reticulate and uv to make this work! Later, I restarted the container - no code changes. App crashed. Why? uv had silently installed the latest version of a Py lib. What’s the best practice to prevent this?
I recently needed a Py lib in a R Shiny app (in a Docker container). Magical to use reticulate and uv to make this work! Later, I restarted the container - no code changes. App crashed. Why? uv had silently installed the latest version of a Py lib. What’s the best practice to prevent this?
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Chapter 7: Coordinate Reference Systems 🧭📐🌐
This chapter explains how to work with coordinate reference systems (CRSs) in R. Learn how to reproject vector and raster data, and understand how CRS choices affect spatial analysis.
🔗 r.geocompx.org/reproj-geo-d...
#rstats #rspatial #geocompx
This chapter explains how to work with coordinate reference systems (CRSs) in R. Learn how to reproject vector and raster data, and understand how CRS choices affect spatial analysis.
🔗 r.geocompx.org/reproj-geo-d...
#rstats #rspatial #geocompx
June 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Chapter 7: Coordinate Reference Systems 🧭📐🌐
This chapter explains how to work with coordinate reference systems (CRSs) in R. Learn how to reproject vector and raster data, and understand how CRS choices affect spatial analysis.
🔗 r.geocompx.org/reproj-geo-d...
#rstats #rspatial #geocompx
This chapter explains how to work with coordinate reference systems (CRSs) in R. Learn how to reproject vector and raster data, and understand how CRS choices affect spatial analysis.
🔗 r.geocompx.org/reproj-geo-d...
#rstats #rspatial #geocompx
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
We are delighted to announce mirai 2.3.0 for advanced async computing in #RStats!
Mirai allows event-driven async in Shiny & parallel processing in purrr.
This release brings improvements in serialization & distributed computing. Read more from @shikokuchuo.net: shikokuchuo.net/posts/26-mir...
Mirai allows event-driven async in Shiny & parallel processing in purrr.
This release brings improvements in serialization & distributed computing. Read more from @shikokuchuo.net: shikokuchuo.net/posts/26-mir...
shikokuchuo{net}: mirai 2.3.0
Advancing Async Computing in R
shikokuchuo.net
June 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We are delighted to announce mirai 2.3.0 for advanced async computing in #RStats!
Mirai allows event-driven async in Shiny & parallel processing in purrr.
This release brings improvements in serialization & distributed computing. Read more from @shikokuchuo.net: shikokuchuo.net/posts/26-mir...
Mirai allows event-driven async in Shiny & parallel processing in purrr.
This release brings improvements in serialization & distributed computing. Read more from @shikokuchuo.net: shikokuchuo.net/posts/26-mir...
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
At Posit, we love @typst.app:
⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes
✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies
✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!)
🧠 Clear mental model
So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a...
#rstats
⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes
✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies
✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!)
🧠 Clear mental model
So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a...
#rstats
Posit
We’re happy to announce that we’re supporting Typst by funding one of their full-time engineers.
posit.co
June 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
At Posit, we love @typst.app:
⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes
✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies
✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!)
🧠 Clear mental model
So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a...
#rstats
⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes
✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies
✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!)
🧠 Clear mental model
So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a...
#rstats
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
The @mapbox.com Standard Satellite style gives you a stunning 3D globe out of the box that you can use to build your maps and apps.
If you are an R user, this is all you need to get started:
library(mapgl)
mapboxgl(style = mapbox_style("standard-satellite"))
Try it out!
#rstats
If you are an R user, this is all you need to get started:
library(mapgl)
mapboxgl(style = mapbox_style("standard-satellite"))
Try it out!
#rstats
May 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The @mapbox.com Standard Satellite style gives you a stunning 3D globe out of the box that you can use to build your maps and apps.
If you are an R user, this is all you need to get started:
library(mapgl)
mapboxgl(style = mapbox_style("standard-satellite"))
Try it out!
#rstats
If you are an R user, this is all you need to get started:
library(mapgl)
mapboxgl(style = mapbox_style("standard-satellite"))
Try it out!
#rstats
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
New blog post: Spatial Machine Learning with tidymodels 🌍🧠📦
This post shows how to apply the tidymodels framework to spatial data workflows in R. Part 3 in a series about #sml.
🔗 geocompx.org/post/2025/sm...
#rstats #rspatial #tidymodels #gischat
This post shows how to apply the tidymodels framework to spatial data workflows in R. Part 3 in a series about #sml.
🔗 geocompx.org/post/2025/sm...
#rstats #rspatial #tidymodels #gischat
May 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New blog post: Spatial Machine Learning with tidymodels 🌍🧠📦
This post shows how to apply the tidymodels framework to spatial data workflows in R. Part 3 in a series about #sml.
🔗 geocompx.org/post/2025/sm...
#rstats #rspatial #tidymodels #gischat
This post shows how to apply the tidymodels framework to spatial data workflows in R. Part 3 in a series about #sml.
🔗 geocompx.org/post/2025/sm...
#rstats #rspatial #tidymodels #gischat
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Mastering typefaces and fonts in #rstats has always been harder than it should.
I have tried to collect much of my relevant knowledge in this deep-dive blog post so you can spend your time picking the right typeface instead of cursing at the computer
I have tried to collect much of my relevant knowledge in this deep-dive blog post so you can spend your time picking the right typeface instead of cursing at the computer
Fonts in R
Taking control of fonts and text rendering in R can be challenging. This deep-dive teaches you everything (and then some) you need to know to keep your sanity
www.tidyverse.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Mastering typefaces and fonts in #rstats has always been harder than it should.
I have tried to collect much of my relevant knowledge in this deep-dive blog post so you can spend your time picking the right typeface instead of cursing at the computer
I have tried to collect much of my relevant knowledge in this deep-dive blog post so you can spend your time picking the right typeface instead of cursing at the computer
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
On the blog: side-by-side synced maps, comparison maps in Shiny, and much more in the latest release of {mapgl}.
Read the post: walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-...
#rstats #gis #datascience
Read the post: walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-...
#rstats #gis #datascience
April 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
On the blog: side-by-side synced maps, comparison maps in Shiny, and much more in the latest release of {mapgl}.
Read the post: walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-...
#rstats #gis #datascience
Read the post: walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-...
#rstats #gis #datascience
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Being able to cancel and restart slow-running jobs in shiny with {mirai} is a bit of a game-changer #rstats Full app in alt text / gist.github.com/simon-smart8... with a method for updating progress too
April 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Being able to cancel and restart slow-running jobs in shiny with {mirai} is a bit of a game-changer #rstats Full app in alt text / gist.github.com/simon-smart8... with a method for updating progress too
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
It is now possible to easily pass data from and to Python and #RStats by serializing to json (but you can still convert more complex objects using rxp_py2r() and rxp_r2py() which uses {reticulate} under the hood for conversion)
April 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It is now possible to easily pass data from and to Python and #RStats by serializing to json (but you can still convert more complex objects using rxp_py2r() and rxp_r2py() which uses {reticulate} under the hood for conversion)
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Yesterday, I was just reading a Hacker News comment about R’s annoying all-or-nothing namespacing, and then R 4.5.0 comes out with `use()`!
Import just what you need:
use(“dplyr”, c(“mutate”, “summarize))
#RStats
Import just what you need:
use(“dplyr”, c(“mutate”, “summarize))
#RStats
New version of R is out!
Our Data Scientist, Russ Hyde, has put together a quick review of the key features and changes in R 4.5 — from new language features to graphics updates and more.
📝 Read the full blog post here: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-n...
#rstats #Rprogramming #opensource
Our Data Scientist, Russ Hyde, has put together a quick review of the key features and changes in R 4.5 — from new language features to graphics updates and more.
📝 Read the full blog post here: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-n...
#rstats #Rprogramming #opensource
What's new in R 4.5.0?
Here we summarise some of the more interesting changes that have been introduced in R 4.5.0.
www.jumpingrivers.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Yesterday, I was just reading a Hacker News comment about R’s annoying all-or-nothing namespacing, and then R 4.5.0 comes out with `use()`!
Import just what you need:
use(“dplyr”, c(“mutate”, “summarize))
#RStats
Import just what you need:
use(“dplyr”, c(“mutate”, “summarize))
#RStats
Reposted by Alexander Severinsen
Introducing chores, a package that uses LLMs to help with repetitive, hard-to-automate coding tasks!
Manage prompts as markdown, select a chore, and let LLMs handle your tedious #RStats work.
@simonpcouch.com introduces chores and shows how it cuts roxygen2 boilerplate: posit.co/blog/introdu...
Manage prompts as markdown, select a chore, and let LLMs handle your tedious #RStats work.
@simonpcouch.com introduces chores and shows how it cuts roxygen2 boilerplate: posit.co/blog/introdu...
April 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Introducing chores, a package that uses LLMs to help with repetitive, hard-to-automate coding tasks!
Manage prompts as markdown, select a chore, and let LLMs handle your tedious #RStats work.
@simonpcouch.com introduces chores and shows how it cuts roxygen2 boilerplate: posit.co/blog/introdu...
Manage prompts as markdown, select a chore, and let LLMs handle your tedious #RStats work.
@simonpcouch.com introduces chores and shows how it cuts roxygen2 boilerplate: posit.co/blog/introdu...