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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 5d

BTW this "Frequency Reduces Difficulty" post from @martinfowler.com is the origin of the mantra "if it hurts, do it more often" (at least, it's where I learned it). It's amazing how broadly this applies.

martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...

bliki: Frequency Reduces Difficulty

"If it hurts - do it more often". Good advice if the amount of pain raises exponentially with the time between actions, such as for integrating software.

martinfowler.com

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 5d

I bet the whole reason he's thinking about this is that I was complaining to him (to everyone, really) about the pain of using Windows full-time while my macbook's logic board gets replaced. And he brought out the house words "if it hurts, do it more often!"

Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 6d

Three phrases that capture some of the tidyverse team culture:

Everybody takes out the trash

We suffer so users don’t have to

If it hurts, do it more often

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 5d

this is a *wild* exaggeration but I'll allow it 🤣

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 6d

"When you hit enter for a newline in your prompt" on the "This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years" image from Interstellar

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 6d

2️⃣ I HAVE SUCH STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS but already sense that it's a lost cause

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 13d

I'd install Xcode command line tools (NOT all of Xcode) to get git and compilers, etc. (xcode-select --install)

and I'd use rig to install one or more versions of R (github.com/r-lib/rig)

(my macbook's logic board failed and is being replaced, so I'll be doing all this set up myself soon 😬)

GitHub - r-lib/rig: The R Installation Manager

The R Installation Manager. Contribute to r-lib/rig development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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We Are R-Ladies @weare.rladies.org · 15d

Ever run `install.packages()` and wish it were faster, smarter, and more reliable?

The {pak} package speeds things up with parallel downloads, dependency solving, and reproducible installs.

📦 pak.r-lib.org

#RStats

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 19d

enough women to make a line 😄

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Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 21d

Air is our incredibly fast R code formatter!

Come learn all about it at 2:40pm in Regency V in the Sparking Development Joy session!!

We also have hex stickers!

#positconf2025 #rstats

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 21d

The equivalent of the Bechdel test for a tech-ish event is “is there a line for the womens bathroom?” and #positconf just passed with flying colours 😅

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · Aug 27

Whole entire extra day of #positconf, anyone? All Virtual!! Come hang with me on Tuesday Sept 16th (day before talks!) from 11am to 4pm ET. We'll have an AMA with Rich Iannone, a full talk session, a DS Hangout style Q&A session, and a Trivia Night game with swag prizes!! #databs #rstats #python

A promotional image that says posit conf 2025 Virtual Day. It has a light blue section in the left third with a carton man sitting on a chair, holding a laptop. There's a cat on a table to his right and a yarn ball is on the floor. The text is white on navy blue in the center of the image. On the right, there's a section with a green background with a carton woman sitting on the floor holding a laptop next to a plant. Posit conf is a data science conference for the whole data community, including #rstats #python, #julia, and anyone else!

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · Aug 20

Does Jenny Bryan #VibeCode? 🤔

She shared on the Hangout that she's been thankful that she gets to learn #rust and #typscript in the age of #AI and these are her thoughts on #LLM use. (We really need a #RubberDuck emoji 🦆)

#rstats #databs #VibeCoding #DSHangout #python

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · Aug 15

I think it was in the first edition of Advanced R and somehow got lost in the evolution towards second edition 🥲

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · Aug 15

yeah! whenever I've taken the trouble to use `cli::cli_format_method()` inside `format()`, I feel so 💅

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · Aug 15

I can't find this written anywhere (anymore?) but I've basically internalized 'put all the smarts in format() and make print() a minimal emitter'

so format() returns character and print() just cat's that and adds newlines

I also think you want print() to return the original object invisibly

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · Aug 15

as others have said, you probably need to either specify the column type or set a higher value for `guess_max`

if the first 1000 lines are blank, the column type is guessed as logical, and later entires are coerced to logical (presumably NA)

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · Jul 30

The here package does *not* look only for an `.Rproj` file (which is what it means for a folder to be an RStudio Project). It also picks up on other signals, such as a `.here` file, a `DESCRIPTION` file, a `.git/` directory, etc.

And soon there will be even more criteria! github.com/r-lib/here/p...

Add criteria: vscode, quarto, renv by jennybc · Pull Request #130 · r-lib/here

Closes #128 Closes #80

github.com

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · Jul 30

If you attend *ONE* Data Science Hangout this year, make it this week's hangout with JENNY BRYAN. Trust me ✨

Thursday, July 31st at 9AM PT / 12PM ET - a casual conversation with Jenny powered by YOUR questions. Feel free to lurk or hop in the chat. #rstats #databs

pos.it/dsh 👈🏼 👀 (register here!)

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Posit @posit.co · Jul 28

Take a quick tour of Positron, Posit's next-generation data science IDE, built by the creators of RStudio.

Read the blog to learn more: posit.co/blog/a-quick...

A screenshot of the Positron interface, labeled with its components: "Activity bar," "Primary side bar," "Editor," "Secondary side bar," and "Panel." The text "A quick tour of Positron" is on the left.

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · Jul 25

related: we asked people to type in their dietary restrictions at last year's tidyverse dev day and ... we will not being doing that in future 🙅‍♀️

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · Jul 25

this reminds me of an anecdote in "The Quartz guide to bad data"

the dog licensing database for Cook County, IL contained >250 spellings for "chihuahua"! (I'm not even sure how that's possible but 🤷‍♀️)

github.com/Quartz/bad-d...

Highlighted text in a screenshot: "As a result this database contained at least 250 spellings of Chihuahua. Even with the best tools available, data this messy can't be saved."

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · Jul 21

I seriously recommend reading the comments on this one. An incredible collection of annoying website sign-in behaviours.

dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · Jul 21

Hi! I'm the person who designs and implements all the 'Remember me at this computer' checkboxes on important websites. You'll be pleased to know they still don't work.

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Max kuhn @topepo.bsky.social · Jul 21

We're happy to announce that there will be another #rstats Tidy Development Day after the 2025 posit::conf in Atlanta!

www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...

Tidyverse developer day 2025

Join us in Atlanta for tidyverse developer day on September 19, 2025!

www.tidyverse.org

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Posit @posit.co · Jul 17

Ready to plan your #positconf2025 adventure?

The posit::conf(2025) agenda is LIVE, packed with incredible workshops, keynotes, and talks.

Plan your perfect conference with Sam Parmar's Agenda Chat Bot, powered by #RStats shinychat, ellmer, and ragnar.

Check it out! posit.co/blog/posit-c...

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