Issue 2025-W39 Highlights

Fresh off an amazing experience at posit::conf(2025), the R Weekly Highlights podcast is back with episode 211! Eric and Mike share their experiences at the conference and then dive into an amazing collection of highlights. We learn about a myriad of packages to programmatically write and parse markdown documents, initial impressions with vibe-coding an R package to learn Japanese, and the immense lengths the R-Exams project is taking to clean up messy scans of exam papers. Episode Links This week's curator: Jon Carroll - @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy (Bluesky) & @carroll_jono (X/Twitter) All the Ways to Programmatically Edit or Parse R Markdown / Quarto Documents I Vibe Coded an R Package Quality Control for Scanned Multiple-Choice Exams Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W39 Supplement Resources Mike's presentation slides: Building Multilingual Data Science Teams Eric's presentation slides: Introducing Shinystate - Launching Shiny collaboration to new heights 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 Twoson Hits the Road - EarthBound - djpretzel - Gemini Salsa - Mega Man 3 - MkVaff -

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Issue 2025-W39 Highlights is an episode from R Weekly Highlights by Eric Nantz.

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This episode was published on Sep 24, 2025.

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