Jenny Bryan
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jennybryan.bsky.social
Jenny Bryan
@jennybryan.bsky.social
Software engineer @posit.co, humane #rstats
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January 27, 2026 at 8:08 PM
the tidyr::separate_wider_*() functions might offer a nice little improvement to your existing approach

this idea has been kicking around for years and @henrikbengtsson.bsky.social catalyzed something at an rOpenSci unconf once: github.com/HenrikBengts...
GitHub - HenrikBengtsson/dirdf: R package: dirdf - Extracts Metadata from Directory and File Names
R package: dirdf - Extracts Metadata from Directory and File Names - HenrikBengtsson/dirdf
github.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Vignette workflows are just inherently awkward since, unlike help topics and `man/*.Rd` files, the rendered form of vignettes has no legit business or home inside an R package in source form. This chapter outlines some of the least bad workflows:

r-pkgs.org/vignettes.html
17  Vignettes – R Packages (2e)
Learn how to create a package, the fundamental unit of shareable, reusable, and reproducible R code.
r-pkgs.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I define short aliases `bp()` and `bg()` for `usethis::browse_package()` and `usethis::browse_github()` in `.Rprofile` because I use them so much.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
maybe it should be your first Pythong package 🩴
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I still marvel at the choice to do "C:\Program Files"
October 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
this is a *wild* exaggeration but I'll allow it 🤣
October 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
2️⃣ I HAVE SUCH STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS but already sense that it's a lost cause
October 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
enough women to make a line 😄
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM