Paulius Alaburda
@alaburda.bsky.social
Love all things R, data, medicine and energy! Head of Data Analytics @ Ignitis Lithuania 🇱🇹
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I released {secretbase} 1.1.0 today. github.com/shikokuchuo/...
Adds optimized base58check and CBOR encoding.
This is a zero-dep #rstats package that wraps C code for hashing and binary/text encoding often needed in web development contexts. It also handles the file/object hashing for {targets}.
Adds optimized base58check and CBOR encoding.
This is a zero-dep #rstats package that wraps C code for hashing and binary/text encoding often needed in web development contexts. It also handles the file/object hashing for {targets}.
GitHub - shikokuchuo/secretbase: secretbase - Cryptographic Hash, Extendable-Output and Binary Encoding Functions
secretbase - Cryptographic Hash, Extendable-Output and Binary Encoding Functions - shikokuchuo/secretbase
github.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I released {secretbase} 1.1.0 today. github.com/shikokuchuo/...
Adds optimized base58check and CBOR encoding.
This is a zero-dep #rstats package that wraps C code for hashing and binary/text encoding often needed in web development contexts. It also handles the file/object hashing for {targets}.
Adds optimized base58check and CBOR encoding.
This is a zero-dep #rstats package that wraps C code for hashing and binary/text encoding often needed in web development contexts. It also handles the file/object hashing for {targets}.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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The resolution of microscopes has increased over 10,000 fold over the last 200 years.
It's allowed scientists to examine not only cells, but bacteria, then viruses, their protein structure, and, eventually, the individual atoms that comprise them.
It's allowed scientists to examine not only cells, but bacteria, then viruses, their protein structure, and, eventually, the individual atoms that comprise them.
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The resolution of microscopes has increased over 10,000 fold over the last 200 years.
It's allowed scientists to examine not only cells, but bacteria, then viruses, their protein structure, and, eventually, the individual atoms that comprise them.
It's allowed scientists to examine not only cells, but bacteria, then viruses, their protein structure, and, eventually, the individual atoms that comprise them.
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I ignored the strip.clip argument in #ggplot2 for way too long 😲
Combined with a small negative margin tweak, you can place facet labels inside each panel. A tiny trick that makes small multiples feel so much cleaner.
🔵 no manual coordinates
🔵 inherits theme styling
🔵 scales nicely when resizing
Combined with a small negative margin tweak, you can place facet labels inside each panel. A tiny trick that makes small multiples feel so much cleaner.
🔵 no manual coordinates
🔵 inherits theme styling
🔵 scales nicely when resizing
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I ignored the strip.clip argument in #ggplot2 for way too long 😲
Combined with a small negative margin tweak, you can place facet labels inside each panel. A tiny trick that makes small multiples feel so much cleaner.
🔵 no manual coordinates
🔵 inherits theme styling
🔵 scales nicely when resizing
Combined with a small negative margin tweak, you can place facet labels inside each panel. A tiny trick that makes small multiples feel so much cleaner.
🔵 no manual coordinates
🔵 inherits theme styling
🔵 scales nicely when resizing
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I saw this chart in the wild a few days ago and it's been on my mind because the longer I look at it, the more confused I become by it. 📊
I'm fairly sure it's AI generated for a few reasons...
A #DataViz thread 🧵
I'm fairly sure it's AI generated for a few reasons...
A #DataViz thread 🧵
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I saw this chart in the wild a few days ago and it's been on my mind because the longer I look at it, the more confused I become by it. 📊
I'm fairly sure it's AI generated for a few reasons...
A #DataViz thread 🧵
I'm fairly sure it's AI generated for a few reasons...
A #DataViz thread 🧵
So our friends have a group chat for Wordle and today we all X/6'd 🤣
January 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
So our friends have a group chat for Wordle and today we all X/6'd 🤣
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Some lecture notes on spatial and temporal modelling, illustrated using R - darrenjw.github.io/spatio-tempo... - #rstats #rspatial #quarto
Spatial and temporal statistics
darrenjw.github.io
January 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Some lecture notes on spatial and temporal modelling, illustrated using R - darrenjw.github.io/spatio-tempo... - #rstats #rspatial #quarto
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On the blog: You Will Never Know Enough
"Legacy codebases are mired in the regret of unapplied knowledge. Deferment to the future is a form of commitment rather than one of abandonment, as is so commonly practised."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/you-will-nev...
"Legacy codebases are mired in the regret of unapplied knowledge. Deferment to the future is a form of commitment rather than one of abandonment, as is so commonly practised."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/you-will-nev...
You Will Never Know Enough
Make peace (and progress) with incomplete knowledge
kevlinhenney.medium.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
On the blog: You Will Never Know Enough
"Legacy codebases are mired in the regret of unapplied knowledge. Deferment to the future is a form of commitment rather than one of abandonment, as is so commonly practised."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/you-will-nev...
"Legacy codebases are mired in the regret of unapplied knowledge. Deferment to the future is a form of commitment rather than one of abandonment, as is so commonly practised."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/you-will-nev...
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Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025, a.k.a. my favorites flowingdata.com/2025/12/31/b...
Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025
Many data things were made this year. These are my favorites.
flowingdata.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025, a.k.a. my favorites flowingdata.com/2025/12/31/b...
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looking for a good overview/tutorial (text or video) on MCPs and code agents for #rstats / Positron (and maybe Claude Code) so I can see how that world is shaping up—any good ones out there?
December 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
looking for a good overview/tutorial (text or video) on MCPs and code agents for #rstats / Positron (and maybe Claude Code) so I can see how that world is shaping up—any good ones out there?
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#RStats - I realized I had more to say about working with #DuckDB and R so I put it into a new repo. Enjoy!
github.com/eriksquires/...
github.com/eriksquires/...
github.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#RStats - I realized I had more to say about working with #DuckDB and R so I put it into a new repo. Enjoy!
github.com/eriksquires/...
github.com/eriksquires/...
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I have put together an index page compiling my various #rstats blog posts using #Pacific island countries and territories; data: freerangestats.info/blog/pacific.... Topics such as choropleth maps of the Pacific, demographic techniques and trends, and multidimensional vulnerability.
Posts about the Pacific
I write about applications of data and analytical techniques like statistical modelling and simulation to real-world situations. I show how to access and use data, and provide examples of analytical p...
freerangestats.info
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I have put together an index page compiling my various #rstats blog posts using #Pacific island countries and territories; data: freerangestats.info/blog/pacific.... Topics such as choropleth maps of the Pacific, demographic techniques and trends, and multidimensional vulnerability.
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Turn Claude into an expert on writing {testthat} #Rstats 📦 version 3 R tests with the Claude Testing R Packages skill by @posit.co
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
That repo has other skills including how to use brand.yml with Quarto and Shiny
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
#GenAI
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
That repo has other skills including how to use brand.yml with Quarto and Shiny
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
#GenAI
skills/r-lib/testing-r-packages at main · posit-dev/skills
A collection of Claude Skills from Posit. Contribute to posit-dev/skills development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Turn Claude into an expert on writing {testthat} #Rstats 📦 version 3 R tests with the Claude Testing R Packages skill by @posit.co
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
That repo has other skills including how to use brand.yml with Quarto and Shiny
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
#GenAI
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
That repo has other skills including how to use brand.yml with Quarto and Shiny
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
#GenAI
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Christmas edition of Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities: 12 unique dataviz and maps from Australia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
Christmas edition: unique pieces from the box
Things that didn't fit into the year, but you may never have seen them.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Christmas edition of Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities: 12 unique dataviz and maps from Australia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
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~~ making sense of academic statistics ~~
i wrote about the confusing relationship between statistics and data analysis, and also about how statistics relates to science
#statistics #rstats #datascience
www.alexpghayes.com/post/making-...
i wrote about the confusing relationship between statistics and data analysis, and also about how statistics relates to science
#statistics #rstats #datascience
www.alexpghayes.com/post/making-...
July 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
~~ making sense of academic statistics ~~
i wrote about the confusing relationship between statistics and data analysis, and also about how statistics relates to science
#statistics #rstats #datascience
www.alexpghayes.com/post/making-...
i wrote about the confusing relationship between statistics and data analysis, and also about how statistics relates to science
#statistics #rstats #datascience
www.alexpghayes.com/post/making-...
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🚨 New #DataViz post!
I explore smart alternatives to a broken chart and highlight why avoiding bad practices matters.
👉 Which alternative do you prefer? Let us know in the comments!
#rstats
dominicroye.github.io/blog/2025-12...
I explore smart alternatives to a broken chart and highlight why avoiding bad practices matters.
👉 Which alternative do you prefer? Let us know in the comments!
#rstats
dominicroye.github.io/blog/2025-12...
Broken Chart: discover 9 visualization alternatives
Researcher in climate science at MBG-CSIC
dominicroye.github.io
December 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🚨 New #DataViz post!
I explore smart alternatives to a broken chart and highlight why avoiding bad practices matters.
👉 Which alternative do you prefer? Let us know in the comments!
#rstats
dominicroye.github.io/blog/2025-12...
I explore smart alternatives to a broken chart and highlight why avoiding bad practices matters.
👉 Which alternative do you prefer? Let us know in the comments!
#rstats
dominicroye.github.io/blog/2025-12...
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R the Software Engineering Way: Introduction and Chapter Zero
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/r_the_software_way_0
#rstats #datascience
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/r_the_software_way_0
#rstats #datascience
R the Software Engineering Way: Introduction and Chapter Zero
Summary: Introduction to R software engineering with Linux CLI, Git, and Docker-based development environments
deadsimpletech.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
R the Software Engineering Way: Introduction and Chapter Zero
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/r_the_software_way_0
#rstats #datascience
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/r_the_software_way_0
#rstats #datascience
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Insightful post by @darraghmurray.bsky.social about the public backlash when the Australian Bureau of Meteorology changed the color palette for rain radar data:
thedatavist.substack.com/p/colour-as-...
#dataviz #cartography 📊🗺️
thedatavist.substack.com/p/colour-as-...
#dataviz #cartography 📊🗺️
Colour as Strategy and Aesthetics: What the Bureau of Meteorology’s Radar Teaches About Data Visualisation
An ill-fated radar redesign reminds us that colour decisions are never cosmetic, they define how data is read and believed.
thedatavist.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Insightful post by @darraghmurray.bsky.social about the public backlash when the Australian Bureau of Meteorology changed the color palette for rain radar data:
thedatavist.substack.com/p/colour-as-...
#dataviz #cartography 📊🗺️
thedatavist.substack.com/p/colour-as-...
#dataviz #cartography 📊🗺️
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Another day, and another reference to these bangers. Contemporary causal inference has fundamentally changed the way I think about control variables and mediation analyses. These can show you why:
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
doi.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Another day, and another reference to these bangers. Contemporary causal inference has fundamentally changed the way I think about control variables and mediation analyses. These can show you why:
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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This post by @mmullins.coginiti.co reminds me of all the times I’ve seen “data driven,” “big data,” (remember that?) or “AI” as a reason that we don’t need to cultivate critical thinking skills, that we don’t need judgment.
When it’s the opposite!
1/2
open.substack.com/pub/msmullin...
When it’s the opposite!
1/2
open.substack.com/pub/msmullin...
On the Science of Data Modeling
I sometimes hang out over on Joe Reis’s Practical Data Community where people post a lot of content about data modeling.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This post by @mmullins.coginiti.co reminds me of all the times I’ve seen “data driven,” “big data,” (remember that?) or “AI” as a reason that we don’t need to cultivate critical thinking skills, that we don’t need judgment.
When it’s the opposite!
1/2
open.substack.com/pub/msmullin...
When it’s the opposite!
1/2
open.substack.com/pub/msmullin...
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After a bit of a technical interruption yesterday, I'm now back with more contributing to base R content.
In this thread I want to highlight improvements to R that have been made by R contributors, often the result of work at R Dev Days.
It shows what's possible for us to do!
#RStats
In this thread I want to highlight improvements to R that have been made by R contributors, often the result of work at R Dev Days.
It shows what's possible for us to do!
#RStats
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
After a bit of a technical interruption yesterday, I'm now back with more contributing to base R content.
In this thread I want to highlight improvements to R that have been made by R contributors, often the result of work at R Dev Days.
It shows what's possible for us to do!
#RStats
In this thread I want to highlight improvements to R that have been made by R contributors, often the result of work at R Dev Days.
It shows what's possible for us to do!
#RStats
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Good write up on/experience report on working with Claude Code.
Only one thing I strongly disagree with:
"Claude is trained on real-world code. Real-world code has crappy tests."
Most real-world code has NO tests.
Only one thing I strongly disagree with:
"Claude is trained on real-world code. Real-world code has crappy tests."
Most real-world code has NO tests.
How I Built a Production App with Claude Code
The follow-up everyone asked for...
leadershiplighthouse.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Good write up on/experience report on working with Claude Code.
Only one thing I strongly disagree with:
"Claude is trained on real-world code. Real-world code has crappy tests."
Most real-world code has NO tests.
Only one thing I strongly disagree with:
"Claude is trained on real-world code. Real-world code has crappy tests."
Most real-world code has NO tests.