Issue 2026-W06 Highlights

A prominent leader at the intersection of data science and data engineering across multiple languages shares her insights, how a recent Git workshop tailored for data science de-mystifies common pitfalls, and for the second straight episode a new transpiler bringing dplyr syntax to databases (quite literally). Episode Links This week's curator: Jon Carroll - @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy (Bluesky) & @carroll_jono (X/Twitter) The Test Set Pod - Column selectors, data quality, and learning in public ( Episode link ) Git & GitHub: Practical Version Control for Data Work dplyr comes to duckdb Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W06 Supplement Resources Risk Conference 2026 Agenda (Mike is presenting!) libdplyr 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 Lost Woods Inglewood - Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - BenCousins - Aerobotics - Mega Man 8 - Just Coffee -

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Issue 2026-W06 Highlights is an episode from R Weekly Highlights by Eric Nantz.

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This episode was published on Feb 4, 2026.

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