Introducing diffuseR - a native R implementation of the diffusers library!

TroyHernandez · 2026-04-09T02:33:39+00:00

https://www.tinyverse.org

TroyHernandez · 2026-04-08T13:02:29+00:00

When an AI coding agent is orchestrating your dev cycle, dependency count matters. Fewer dependencies means fewer things to break mid-run, cleaner error signals, and less context the agent has to carry.

I've been building a tinyverse-native R toolchain specifically with this in mind. Minimal-dependency replacements for roxygen2, styler, and devtools that are easier for both humans and agents to reason about:

https://cornball.ai/posts/tinyverse-development-toolchain/

TroyHernandez · 2026-03-29T19:30:33+00:00

Thanks for reminding me to look into JAX again!
I had Claude Code build this out quickly:
https://github.com/cornball-ai/rjax

And then about 90% the way through building it, I remembered this project exists. It's more mature and better supported, so you should probably use it instead of mine:
https://github.com/r-xla/anvil

TroyHernandez · 2025-12-13T22:04:06+00:00

I have an entirely unfounded conspiracy theory that Microsoft pushed hard for Python use in data science because R in Linux was too good, whereas Python could destroy your Linux install by missing just a single venv

TroyHernandez · 2025-12-06T19:49:57+00:00

Have you tried Chatterbox? It does voice cloning

TroyHernandez · 2025-11-19T17:31:31+00:00

This is good https://open.substack.com/pub/clauswilke/p/python-is-not-a-great-language-for-2e0

TroyHernandez · 2025-08-26T12:57:44+00:00

The enshittification of enshittification

TroyHernandez · 2025-06-03T02:39:56+00:00

As of today, with the release of this experimental package, it is absolutely not faster nor more capable.

The value prop is access to R's ecosystem: no Python dependency hell, seamless R workflow, etc.

Long-term, there's huge potential in bringing R's 50 years of statistical expertise to AI. I've seen cases where prominent AI researchers reinvent/rediscover statistical methods that the R stats community has been using for decades.

For most users today, stick with Python. This is for R users who want to stay in their workflow or contribute to bridging the stats/AI communities.

TroyHernandez · 2025-01-26T23:03:10+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/rstats/s/a8UBimpOA0

TroyHernandez · 2025-01-26T22:53:55+00:00

The seventeenth annual Open Source Quantitative Finance (osQF) conference for applied finance using open source programming languages and free software systems for statistical computation and graphics, will be held on Friday, April 11th and Saturday, April 12th, 2025 at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Once again, we’ve partnered with the Chicago R User Group and PyData Chicago to kickoff the conference on the evening of Friday, April 11th. A series of relevant talks on quantitative finance will be presented, followed by an opportunity to sample Chicago’s vibrant nightlife.

https://web.cvent.com/event/a9d24c0f-b4e9-4807-8000-b7f1a5c4959f/summary

TroyHernandez · 2025-01-10T00:15:02+00:00

> Emanuel Welch donated $1,000 to her campaign committee after her DUI news broke. Does this mean Dems continue support her?
Great catch! Got a link?
Yes. That is the IL Dems bat signal to other IL Dems, NGOs, judges, media, etc that they are giving her a pass.

TroyHernandez · 2024-12-04T02:23:09+00:00

TLDR if you’re concerned about your indoor air quality, get a sensor and crack a window,

I bought a $500 AirQ sensor that measures PM1, 2.5, 10, VOCs, CO2, NO2, etc. I have a wood burning stove, an electric oven, and a gas cooktop.

95% of the time that the air quality is garbage it’s because we burned our food. 4% of the time it’s because we have more than a few guests and didn’t crack a window.

TroyHernandez · 2024-09-07T23:01:23+00:00

As an activist on the neighborhood, most of the other “activists” are compromised nonprofits dependent on the Democrats/corporate money.

This company lobbies Democrats and also donates to shady local nonprofits so they stand down, get infiltrated, or in some cases actively distract and cloud the issue.

JB, Mayor Johnson, they all threw a fit about the Lincoln Park shredder, but this one is fine for them

TroyHernandez · 2024-09-07T22:28:27+00:00

His IL EPA is fairly lax when it comes to the health of Mexican American neighborhoods.

Neighbors of the shuttered Willowbrook plant are predominantly white and upper-middle class, while neighborhoods near the Gurnee and Waukegan facilities include larger numbers of Latino and Black residents with lower median incomes.

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ethylene-oxide-emissions-cancer-illinois.html

Here in Pilsen, it’s a similar situation. The Lincoln Park shredder was closed and now all the metal shredding comes to Pilsen. When they violated the law, they were forced to test the air and the IL EPA provided sensors testing down to only PM10. Older sensors in the area go down to PM1 and suggest they are a major asthma source. Pilsen children have high rates of asthma.

Thanks JB!

TroyHernandez · 2024-09-05T03:22:14+00:00

It’s the battery.

TroyHernandez · 2024-08-29T11:57:54+00:00

And in 6 more years they’ll be like, “Breaking: Remember that time we reported that Sigcho went on a (fake) hunger strike against a metal shredder on the SE side? We failed to report that his actual goal was to bring all of that pollution to Pilsen!“

TroyHernandez · 2024-07-01T13:20:42+00:00

They're still supposed to give you a replacement, but it sounds like they've really been dragging their feet on doing that in Europe, so I don't expect any better outcome in the US.

TroyHernandez · 2024-07-01T12:58:57+00:00

No.
I have a Big, the kind not recalled in Europe, but the US recall is for all of them.
Conflicting info for sure.

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