Chris Chapman
@cchapman.bsky.social
UX researcher, psychologist. Author "Quantitative User Experience Research" (w/Rodden), "R | Python for Marketing Research and Analytics" (w/Feit & Schwarz). Previously 24 yrs @ Google, Amazon, Microsoft. Personal account.
Blog at https://quantuxblog.com
Blog at https://quantuxblog.com
+100, my astonishment was that they published it!
January 31, 2026 at 12:46 AM
+100, my astonishment was that they published it!
FWIW my "astonishing" feeling is not about the result, but rather astonishment that they would publish it 😲 (while, yes, spinning it at the same time)
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 AM
FWIW my "astonishing" feeling is not about the result, but rather astonishment that they would publish it 😲 (while, yes, spinning it at the same time)
For my first two books, we used LaTeX via TeXShop. The most recent used RStudio plus bookdown. A new project uses Scrivener, and Quarto is another great option.
All of these paths work well, collaborate via git, and give print-ready PDFs.
FWIW, I detail much more at quantuxblog.com/how-the-quan...
All of these paths work well, collaborate via git, and give print-ready PDFs.
FWIW, I detail much more at quantuxblog.com/how-the-quan...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
For my first two books, we used LaTeX via TeXShop. The most recent used RStudio plus bookdown. A new project uses Scrivener, and Quarto is another great option.
All of these paths work well, collaborate via git, and give print-ready PDFs.
FWIW, I detail much more at quantuxblog.com/how-the-quan...
All of these paths work well, collaborate via git, and give print-ready PDFs.
FWIW, I detail much more at quantuxblog.com/how-the-quan...
+100. All four of my books/editions have been done using git as the platform for backup, versioning, and collaboration (or bitbucket, basically the same).
There some hurdle at the beginning, mostly to ignore all the stuff a general user doesn't need. After that it is so easy (and reassuring)
There some hurdle at the beginning, mostly to ignore all the stuff a general user doesn't need. After that it is so easy (and reassuring)
January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
+100. All four of my books/editions have been done using git as the platform for backup, versioning, and collaboration (or bitbucket, basically the same).
There some hurdle at the beginning, mostly to ignore all the stuff a general user doesn't need. After that it is so easy (and reassuring)
There some hurdle at the beginning, mostly to ignore all the stuff a general user doesn't need. After that it is so easy (and reassuring)
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While creating and submitting AI slop papers has been possible before, Prism makes it quite a bit easier. And I fear that it pushes even well-meaning researchers in a dangerous direction.
January 27, 2026 at 11:10 PM
While creating and submitting AI slop papers has been possible before, Prism makes it quite a bit easier. And I fear that it pushes even well-meaning researchers in a dangerous direction.