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Emil Hvitfeldt

@emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social

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https://emilhvitfeldt.com/ making modeling easier in #rstats with tidymodels at @posit.co writing about feature engineering (https://feaz-book.com/) and Slidecrafting. He/Him

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · Oct 28

With this influx of people, I wanna encourage people to spend their time cool and funny things instead of descending into language wars

Highway exit meme. Two roads, left labeled “arguing about R or Python” right labeled “using R and Python”. A car labeled “people that get stuff done” taking a sharp turn to the right

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Calle Börstell @cborstell.bsky.social · 4d

It's super cool!

I used it for a bonus part TidyTuesday two years ago, making a tune out of Taylor Swift song data, saved as an mp3. Spoiler: the tune wasn't/isn't very good!

github.com/borstell/tid...

A graphic in the style of a yellowish page of sheet music. Title says "Taylor's Albums (melodized)". On the right, each album is represented by a line of sheet music. On the left, the text reads: "Each album as a single line of sheet music. The key of each track as a single note. Each note's duration as the relative track duration (z scored) across all albums."

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 4d

Excited to watch the webinar on "Modular, interoperable, and extensible topological data analysis in R" next week by Jason Cory Brunson and Aymeric Stamm

r-consortium.org/webinars/mod...
#tidymodels

Modular, interoperable, and extensible topological data analysis in R – R Consortium

r-consortium.org

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 6d

Late minute reminder! we are starting in 10 minutes

Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 12d

I'm excited to contribute to Workshops for Ukraine! I'll be giving a workshop on effective and useful feature engineering on October 2nd!

sites.google.com/view/dariia-...

Dariia Mykhailyshyna - Workshops for Ukraine

Feedback on the past workshops (if you want to learn how to make wordclouds, check out Text Data Analysis workshop below)

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Posit @posit.co · 8d

The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉

This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.

Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...

BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders

#RStats

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 11d

Added a new section to my slidecrafting book about how to use CSS to change the code syntax highlighting to better match your theme colors

slidecrafting-book.com/colors#code-...

screenshot of syntax highlighted code.

a before and after picture has been spliced together

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 12d

I'm excited to contribute to Workshops for Ukraine! I'll be giving a workshop on effective and useful feature engineering on October 2nd!

sites.google.com/view/dariia-...

Dariia Mykhailyshyna - Workshops for Ukraine

Feedback on the past workshops (if you want to learn how to make wordclouds, check out Text Data Analysis workshop below)

sites.google.com

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 14d

I am super hyped to finally share the first release of plumber2 with all of you. This has been the center of my attention for a big part of 2025 and I hope you'll find it a worthy update to the venerable plumber package.

The blog post will tell you more

#rstats

plumber2 0.1.0

plumber2, a complete rewrite of plumber, has landed on CRAN, providing a modern, future proof solution for creating web servers in R. Read all about the new features here.

www.tidyverse.org

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

I dedicate this release to @lucystats.bsky.social

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

Quick little update to quarto-revealjs-editable

Now works with `::: editable` in addition to `::: {.editable}`. Not shown in gif.
github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

It sure is!

Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

I’m watching bobs burger as we type

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

Never. But I will do aaa or sss to mix it up

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

You will never catch me

a cartoon character wearing a blue hoodie is standing in front of a fire .

Alt: a cartoon character wearing a blue hoodie is standing in front of a fire .

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

i do something similar, but by repeating single characters instead

x <- read_csv(...)

xx <- x |>
filter(...) |>
mutate(...)

xxx <- ggplot(xx, aes(...)) +
geom_whatever()

xxxx <- ggplot(xx, aes(...)) +
geom_whatever()

library(patchwork)
xxxxxx <- xxx + xxxx
ggsave(xxxxxx)

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

it sure is! link for those interested: slidecrafting-book.com/elements.htm...

7 Elements – Slidecrafting

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you! My hope is that this new format lets me add new content as subsections instead of having to write a full blogpost

Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

We are trying to make it better! have you seen editable?

bsky.app/profile/emil...

Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · Aug 21

Version 2.0.0 of quarto-revealjs-editable now lets you edit the text in divs

github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto

Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13d

I'm exited to announce a new resource about making slides with quarto and revealjs. This book is the combination of all the work I have done in this area, reordered and polished up

There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily

slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto

Screenshot of first page of slidecrafting-book.com website

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 14d

Excited to speak at our first hybrid event, meaning that all of you can watch along at home!

We have seen many people seen tremendous speed improvements by using orbital to deploy their models. I'll talk about talk about how it works, how to use it and maybe some new developments!

Javier Orraca-Deatcu @javierorracadeatcu.bsky.social · 14d

SoCal RUG is back! @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social will be demoing Orbital, a framework to convert your fit model workflows from scikit-learn (Python) or tidymodels (R) to native SQL for in-database prediction! 🛸 Please RSVP for this hybrid in-person + YouTube Live event: meetu.ps/e/Py49Y/v02v...

Stop Horsing Around - Ship the Query!, Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Ready to launch models straight from SQL? Join SoCal RUG with presenter **Emil Hvitfeldt,** a Software Engineer at Posit, on **Orbital**, a new tool that converts scikit-le

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We Are R-Ladies @weare.rladies.org · 17d

This week’s #RLadies curator is @ivelasq3.bsky.social!

Alt text: Curator Isabella Velásquez, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Posit. Recently gave a workshop on survey analysis at the useR conference; is updating a book called Data Science in Education Using R.

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 17d

You were on fire! amazing job!

Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 19d

It was so great seeing you again!

Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 26d

They are not for sale anywhere, but all the files needed for printing can be found here github.com/emilhvitfeld...
with printing instructions here: github.com/rstudio/hex-...

Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 26d

I’m excited for #PositConf2025 next week! Can’t wait to talk to y’all!

I wanna hear what you are working on, and always happy to talk about what I have been up to. Especially keen to talk to people that have tried orbital about your experience.

Also bringing special edition kittymodels stickers

Picture of sticker sheet with cat themed tidymodels stickers

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Posit @posit.co · 27d

🎯 Play to Win at posit::conf(2025)

Earn points for showing up, joining in, and geeking out.
Then cash them in for limited-edition Posit swag.

It’s fun. It’s free. It’s happening.

Are you game?

🎟️ posit.co/conference

#RStats #PositConf2025 #Python

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