Issue 2026-W36 Highlights
The newest linter on the R block gains a bold new feature in version 0.6.0, and a new package documentation framework altdown enters the wor...
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20 of 241 episodesIssue 2026-W35 Highlights
A collection of techniques to unlock creativity for your next visualisation, a look at the exciting present and future of the futurize trans...
Issue 2026-W33 Highlights
A collection of tips to ensure reproducibility for R-based clinical submissions, a modern architecture lands in R-Universe, and going beyond...
Issue 2026-W32 Highlights
Orchestrating multiple package quality checking frameworks all within a single R package, and how learning in the world of AI has fundamenta...
Issue 2026-W31 Highlights
The value of community and sustainability in full view at UserR 2026, a new tool ready to equip reproducibility and more for command-line ut...
Issue 2026-W30 Highlights
The first wave of 2026 R Consortium technical grants has arrived, how the new ggchord2 can round out your next process visualizations, and a...
Issue 2026-W29 Highlights
An exciting new way to search and discover R packages wrapping novel technology, how the new checktor package finds the key issues standard...
Issue 2026-W28 Highlights
A set of principles to enhance testing APIs created inside R, and the engine behind automatic reloading of rendered Shiny apps becomes avail...
Issue 2026-W26 Highlights
The R Core team receives a prestigious award in the world of Statistics, a month-long recognition of the rOpenSci package maintainers, and a...
Issue 2026-W25 Highlights
The evolution of Posit's data science agents, robust approaches to unnamed parameters in R functions, and the power of math and visualizatio...
Issue 2026-W24 Highlights
A friendly reminder on checking customization when upgrading R, how refactoring may not be so tedious when using the Jarl utility, and hones...
Issue 2026-W23 Highlights
R is capable of many analyes in the world of data science, but can it build a computer? Also a massive usability feature landing in the late...
Issue 2026-W22 Highlights
The power of choice is in full effect! How you can leverage GitLab to publish your next Quarto document online, how to bring key R functiona...
Issue 2026-W21 Highlights
Applying novel statistical and visualization techniques to predict war duration, why there is more than meets the statistical eye behind a c...
Issue 2026-W20 Highlights
A massive milestone for the language that eventually led to the R we know and love, plus a comprehensive look at two popular workflow framew...
Issue 2026-W19 Highlights
If Shiny wasn't awesome enough, a new toolkit is bringing the awesome to new heights! Plus a handful of ggplot2 functions that can immediate...
Issue 2026-W18 Highlights
How the new logrittr package gives you a peek behind the tidy pipelines of dplyr, and a fascinating glimpse into the universe of seeds going...
Issue 2026-W16 Highlights
After an unexpected break we are back with a new episode of R Weekly Highlights! If you thought the easiest way to create pivot tables was i...
Issue 2026-W09 Highlights
Choice is good, but sometimes you may want a little help! Our first two highlights showcase approaches you can take to inform your next LLM...
Issue 2026-W08 Highlights
A glimpse into the R Consortium Submissions Working Group's recent successes and future work, and a new way to view those nested lists from...