Isabella Velásquez

The past few DS Labs, the guest Lab Mgrs have mentioned the {waldo} pckg, & many folks didn't know it! I think it's such a helpful itty #rstats 📦 {waldo} shows you the diffs between 2 R objects 🔍 even ggplot2 objs! That's kinda it! Helpful for tests, students, etc! But... it doesn't have a hex 🥺

Yay for another great Data Science Lab episode!! Come hang out and TEST! THAT! SHINY! APP!

Episode 245 of R Weekly Highlights is out! serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/... 🌐 Contribute to R Core @r-foundation.bsky.social @rconsortium.bsky.social 📦 Package/Env tools @ivelasq3.bsky.social @rworks.bsky.social 🧬 Comp Bio & Shiny @samuelbharti.com h/t @mike-thomas.bsky.social #rstats #databs

Thank you, @rpodcast.bsky.social and the R Weekly curators, for featuring my #RStats post on package and environment managers this week! I had a lot of fun exploring these tools (but recent updates may call for a Part 2!?). I hope you find it helpful, and check out the other posts! rweekly.org

Shiny Testing DS Lab tomorrow 👀 Two more wks of TESTOBER at the #DSLab! Tomorrow (Tues) we're joined by Barret S., author of {reactlog}, to talk all about TESTING #rstats SHINY APPS! Big topic 🤔 @ivelasq3.bsky.social & I can't wait to see you there <3 Tues Oct 20 12PM ET Register: pos.it/dslab

I was fortunate enough to watch a bunch of conf talks this year, and also I am a recap making machine, so I have not one but two roundups for you this weekend!! 🌐 Open Source recap: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-10... 💻 Positron recap: posit.co/blog/positro... I hope you try out a cool new tool 🥰

I lost the plot.

Excited to share my latest blog on Posit Open Source! During my internship, I built 10 apps and 5 computational biology packages using R, Python, Shiny, and Shinyreact to make scientific research more accessible, especially in rare diseases and cancer. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-10...

{renv}, {rix}, rv, uvr, ir... so many new #RStats tools! I wrote up a blog post if you've want to unpack (haha) how they work and how they are different. Inspired by @rpodcast.bsky.social's wonderful Data Science Lab episode (thank you, Eric!). Check out the post here: rworks.dev/posts/r-mana...

🚨 New CRAN Task View: Package Development and Maintenance #rstats #cran By Lluís Revilla and Heather Turner @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy URL: cran.r-project.org/view=Package...

Do you find testing in #RStats and #Python... spooky? 👻 Do not fear! Join us for Testober (h/t @schloerke.com): 🎃 10/6: Basic testing in R 🎃 10/13: Basic testing in Python 🎃 10/20: Testing in Shiny for R 🎃 10/27: Testing in Shiny for Python No tricks, only treats! Register here: pos.it/dslab

Nic ( @niccrane.bsky.social) taught us all about FREAKING PARQUET FILES on the #DSLab, which are wayyyyy cooler than I realized. Parquet files: Preserve data types Are fast & small Are column-oriented so you can read just 1 col if wanted! & Positron displays'em out-the-box! ▶️ youtu.be/2mQ4kc9J9uQ

If you're ever like, man which 40 new #RStats packages should I take a look at this month, may I introduce.... the CRAN Top 40 😎

📘 It’s official: my first book, Work Automation with R, is published! I started with a simple belief: you don’t need to be an R expert to build useful automation with R. I certainly wasn’t one when I started. 📖 www.routledge.com/Work-Automat... 1/5 #RStats #RProgramming

If you are a local SLC area #rstats person, join us next Tues, Sept 22 for ice cream🍦and IRL networking and discussion! www.meetup.com/slc-rug/even...

We're hard at work putting the final touches on posit::conf, AND we got oodles of open-source updates for you! From GPU-accelerated ML in #RStats to PyTorch neural network support in Orbital to new cheatsheets, we have something for you. Read the roundup: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-09...

Want to watch the crashiest crash course on custom themes for VS Code/Positron?! At a Data Science Lab with @libbyheeren.bsky.social, I attempted to go through the steps in 15 min. I also mixed up nvim and nvm, pobody's nerfect 😬 Watch it here! Make something cool~ youtu.be/yXYGhRCSEL4?...

I'll be at PyData Amsterdam next week, ready to talk open-source #Python tools in between the stroopwafels 😋 🧇 📅 10-11 September 2026 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands I'd love to know if you'll be there, too!! Let's go and get stroopwafels together!

Come join us! Únete a nosotras! (Is that right? Sounds weird to me) Mach mit! Junte-se a nós! Unisciti a noi! Rejoignez-nous!

What's New in R: ✅ Australian government report on AI & employment made entirely in R ✅ @drxeo.eu on Spain's rising heat ✅ @ivelasq3.bsky.social intro to agent skills Read the issue: https://rfortherestofus.com/2026/08/whats-new-in-r-august-31-2026 @mattcowgill.bsky.social #rstats

Tired of "it worked on my computer" breaking your #RStats projects? Tomorrow on the Data Science Lab, @rpodcast.bsky.social is going live to demo {rix}, an @ropensci.org package that uses Nix to build reproducible R environments. I caught a sneak peek and it's WOW! Join us! https:// pos.it/dslab

Another reminder that I'll be doing a 2 hour free online workshop about all things slidecrafting on August 12, 9:00 AM PDT! pos.it/slide-wrkshp #quarto #slidecrafting

I saw someone had made an R package to create ASCII hex stickers... anybody remember what it was called 👉👈

Got a sneak preview of tomorrow's Wordle

Join us tomorrow on the Data Science Lab where the awesome @richmeister.bsky.social will demonstrate live how to build automated validation pipelines and automated data reports with pointblank (mostly #RStats but some #python too!)! See you there: pos.it/dslab

Do you dabble in Quarto, and really want to make slides that make people go, wow 😯 Learn from the amazing @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social tomorrow, where he will demonstrate the ✨ art of slidecrafting✨ for creating reusable, custom slide themes. Hope to see you there! pos.it/dslab

📝 "Exploring other ggplot2 geoms" Level up your R data viz with these amazing ggplot2 plugins. 👤 Isabella Velásquez (@ivelasq3.bsky.social) 🔗 https://ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/other-geoms/ #rladies #rstats #oldiebutgoodie #reference

There are SO many Posit open-source updates, you may wonder how to keep up! 3 totally unbiased* options: 1️⃣ Posit Open Source LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/showcase/pos... 2️⃣ posit::glimpse newsletter: posit.co/about/subscr... 3️⃣ RSS feeds on the Open Source site *Plugs aside, I hope these help!

In **1 week**! The fabulous @libbyheeren.bsky.social and I are giving a guided tour to Positron for RStudio users 💻 Join us for a live walkthrough of this cool tool. 📅 30th July, 2026 ⏰ 11 AM AEST / 8 PM CDT 🔗 www.meetup.com/rladies-melb... 💜 Thanks for having us, @rladiesmelb.bsky.social!

📢 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻: 𝗔 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 30th July, 2026 ⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 11 AM 📍 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Online - www.meetup.com/rladies-melb...
 Join @libbyheeren.bsky.social and Isabella Velásquez to explore the next generation of data science development in a relaxed, beginner-friendly environment!

A few weeks ago, I attempted (hopefully successfully!) to introduce Agent Skills in a friendly way at R/Pharma's GenAI Day. 🕸️ ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/skills-... ✍️ pos.it/skills-101 🎥 youtu.be/MphOm5LDhi8?... Thanks to the Open Source in Pharma for the opportunity and putting on a great conference!

Ever used a ggplot2 extension package (like ggbump, geomtextpath, ggdensity) and wondered how they were made? @ginareynolds.bsky.social, @libbyheeren.bsky.social, and I will create an extension from scratch, live, tomorrow on the DS Lab! In #RStats and #Python! Register here: pos.it/dslab

Sooo, I recently learned not all #Python libraries support different DataFrames. But do not despair! Cameron Riddell will give a friendly intro to Python DFs and why Narwhals exists at the Data Science Lab. (see how friendly by the adorable images I found on Canva) 6/30 at 12pm ET: pos.it/dslab

left_join is usually the right join: milesmcbain.micro.blog/2026/06/27/l... Brought to you by an afternoon bug hunt, and @ivelasq3.bsky.social who reminded me I have a micro.blog this week. #rstats

Thank you for sharing the Libraries for your Python Polars workflows post on The Real Python podcast, @trudeau.dev and team 💕 As mentioned, they've featured Pointblank and Great Tables on previous episodes, too! Check them out: PB: realpython.com/podcasts/rpp... GT: realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

Did a little Love Island analysis inspired by Isabel Zimmerman recent post! I looked at all the times in the UK version we had 2 sets of men/women that had all coupled up with each other at one point or another emilhvitfeldt.com/post/love-is...

Thanks to code-first, open-source tools, LLMs are REALLY good at making Shiny apps. But, how good are they at making **good** Shiny apps? 🤔 This is the sort of question that Shiny QA Engineer Karan Gathani is thinking about. And he'd like to discuss it with you tomorrow at the Data Science Lab!

Come join me for a all new slidecrafting workshop! 2 hours of all new content, teaching you to go from zero to hero in quarto slides! It is free and open to anyone, very minimal quarto knowledge required, we are starting with the basics! pos.it/slide-wrkshp #quarto #slidecrafting

If you're still wondering about the slick new functions in dplyr 1.2.0, join me for a "Working smarter with dplyr 1.2.0" redux with R-Ladies Abuja! 📅 Wednesday, 24 June 2026 🕐️ 6pm WAT 🔗 www.meetup.com/rladies-abuj... See you there! ⚒️ #RStats

As a previous co-organizer for R-Ladies Seattle, I know how long a little help can go. That’s why I’m so excited that Posit is supporting community conferences and local meetups! Please share this with an organizer who wants to feed folks some pizza while learning about data science tools 🍕

The 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics has been awarded to the R Project. #RStats www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026

Want to programmatically build presentation slides with #Python? Meet Quarto! We wrote a lil post on how to use Quarto to combine your code, text, output into beautiful slides, perfect for @scipyconf.bsky.social or your next conference 😊 Check it out: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

Reproduction with #Typst -> Done (still some work to do on Gribouille obviously) 😎

That nice-looking plot might be R, Python, Typst... or even, SQL!? Join us tomorrow with @thomasp85.com , where he will introduce ggsql, a new package that brings the grammar of graphics (a framework for composing plots) to SQL. Join the ggparty here: pos.it/dslab

In May, 40 of the 323 new CRAN packages had no README file, no vignettes, and no URL linking to a repository 🤔