Issue 2025-W31 Highlights

In episode 209 of R Weekly Highlights we learn ways you can pinpoint just what is slowing down your R code, a novel framing for testing your next plumber API, and the adventures in recreating a NY Times chart entirely with ggplot2. Episode Links This week's curator: Jon Carroll - @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy (Bluesky) & @carroll_jono (X/Twitter) Speed Testing Code: Three Levels Testing your Plumber APIs from R Copy the Pros: How to Recreate this NYTimes Chart in R Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W31 Supplement Resources Add links discussed in the episode (in place of this sentence) Eric and Mike's 2023 Shiny in Production workshop Jakub's R test gallery plumber2 - Easy and Powerful Webservers in R Push straight to prod API development with R and Tensorflow at T-Mobile VCR R package by Scott Chamberlain GitHub repository with Spencer's ggplot2 code Supporting the show Use the contact page at to send us your feedback R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby , and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index. A new way to think about value: Get in touch with us on social media Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter) Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix Digital Saṃsāra - Genshin Impact - OceansAndrew - Big Earl Funk - ToeJam & Earl - Zach Chapman, Ian Martyn, newmajoe, Ronin Op F, TheManPF -

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This episode was published on Aug 2, 2025.

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