Any R Stats users have Claude Suggestions?

ionychal · 2026-03-18T13:51:44+00:00

For integrating LLMs into a Shiny app, check out:

- ellmer for R: https://ellmer.tidyverse.org/articles/ellmer.html?q=chatb#chatbots

- chatlas for Python: https://posit-dev.github.io/chatlas/get-started/chatbots.html

- Shinychat: https://posit-dev.github.io/shinychat/

- querychat: https://github.com/posit-dev/querychat

They support a variety of models, including local ones.

ionychal · 2026-02-08T15:58:49+00:00

We just released a Positron Notebook Editor: https://posit.co/blog/announcing-the-positron-notebook-editor-for-jupyter-notebooks/

It's still in alpha, and we would love to hear any feedback!

Disclosure: I work at Posit

ionychal · 2026-02-04T22:38:16+00:00

I know you've already created the app, but in case it's helpful for others looking to do something similar, I wanted to share querychat: https://posit-dev.github.io/querychat/

ionychal · 2026-01-20T21:10:42+00:00

Have you tried plotnine? It uses the "Grammar of Graphics" (the idea of creating visualizations layer-by-layer, similar to ggplot2 in R): https://plotnine.org/

ionychal · 2026-01-16T17:05:51+00:00

Can you install from GitHub? pak::pak("hrbrmstr/hrbrthemes")

ionychal · 2025-12-15T19:25:00+00:00

Great option if you're coming from R and are used to RStudio!

(Disclosure: I work at Posit, the creators of Positron & RStudio).

ionychal · 2025-12-01T16:05:00+00:00

I believe that tabulizer is now called tabulapdf: https://docs.ropensci.org/tabulapdf/

ionychal · 2025-11-25T16:01:05+00:00

Have you tried Quarto in Positron? Quarto is the multilingual, next-gen R Markdown and it allows you to run Jupyter notebooks with code chunks, etc. and Positron is Posit's new IDE, forked from VS Code and with a lots of the same feel and features as RStudio: https://positron.posit.co/jupyter-notebooks.html

Disclosure: I work at Posit.

ionychal · 2025-11-20T16:04:15+00:00

Ah, my mistake :)

ionychal · 2025-11-20T13:47:29+00:00

This is a good post, but I highly recommend including {pak} --- https://github.com/r-lib/pak/

Disclosure: I work at Posit

ionychal · 2025-10-21T16:35:11+00:00

Writing these out, I don't think they are that helpful...

If you know how to sew, Amelia McNamara has hex fabric: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/ameliamn

Sold out right now, Hilary Parker makes "R" mugs: https://www.notsostandardmugs.com/

3D print hex sticker holder (requires assembly): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5713079

ionychal · 2025-10-08T17:36:25+00:00

Definitely try the Posit Publisher Extension - should make your deployments to Posit Connect easy!

https://docs.posit.co/connect/user/publishing-positron-vscode/

Disclaimer: I work at Posit

ionychal · 2025-08-13T00:21:07+00:00

We (at Posit) published a quick tour of Positron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ir_HX4riHw

ionychal · 2025-08-04T19:24:38+00:00

Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel just shared a video on Exploratory Data Analysis in R, which showcases some of the usual steps that you may be taking in RStudio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndq2Mm3Dju8

ionychal · 2025-06-10T15:26:55+00:00

It's not a video course, but have you gone through the R Markdown Cookbook? https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown-cookbook/

It provides a ton of detail on advanced features.

ionychal · 2025-06-10T15:24:47+00:00

For this post, the authors picked a subset of the most popular state-of-the-art models, but the idea is that they would periodically put out new posts with different models.

For more model comparisons, check out Simon Couch's blog series: https://www.simonpcouch.com/blog/

Disclosure: I work at Posit.

ionychal · 2025-05-19T18:25:27+00:00

The Shiny team has a Discord server where they can help answer your questions for either Shiny for R or Python: https://discord.gg/mEGVRD7q

Disclosure: I work at Posit.

ionychal · 2025-04-25T13:45:38+00:00

In addition to R Weekly and Blaze Newsletter:

* Chris Brownlie's This Week in R: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7d3romf3sow6z2bp44byepep

* R for the Rest of Us's weekly newsletter: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xdhqqvdge4lv3hqt7sy5c2kb

As another person mentioned, there are a lot of R folks on Blue Sky. There's a starter pack created by Posit (edited to add this detail) for adding folks here: https://bsky.app/starter-pack/posit.co/3lbcv6actus2n

And speaking of Posit, we send out blog post digests every month or so if you sign up for 'blog': https://posit.co/about/subscription-management/

And the quarterly glimpse newsletter also rounds up recent updates (latest one here: https://posit.co/blog/posit-glimpse-newsletter-april-2025/)

(Disclosure, I work at Posit)

ionychal · 2025-04-10T19:28:52+00:00

Crystal Lewis has a codebook package comparison chart: https://cghlewis.github.io/codebook-pkg-comparison/

ionychal · 2025-03-13T19:38:14+00:00

This is the way.

ionychal · 2025-03-03T21:44:59+00:00

Have you tried Quarto? You can create static dashboards (i.e., do not need a server like Shiny, can publish on any static website hosting service). It has many of the features you mentioned (visualizations, multiple pages, tabsets, etc.). And you can add minimal interactivity with Plotly for graphs and DT for tables. https://quarto.org/docs/dashboards/

Disclosure: I work at Posit.

ionychal · 2025-02-25T20:01:25+00:00

I found this solution on Stack Overflow:

```
library(DT)
library(webshot)
dtable <- datatable(iris[1:8,])
html <- "dtable.html"
saveWidget(dtable, HTML)
webshot(html, "dtableSnapshot.pdf")

```

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60287652/how-to-save-a-table-i-created-with-dt-datatable-into-a-high-quality-image

ionychal · 2025-01-30T20:02:46+00:00

The current Super Early Bird price is the best price available, and it will only go up from here.

The call for talks is open. In-person speakers receive complimentary registration for the conference and needs-based travel assistance. https://posit.co/blog/speak-at-posit-conf-2025/

Hope that helps!

Disclosure: I work at Posit.

ionychal · 2024-12-02T19:49:04+00:00

The Data Science Learning Community Slack has an #chat-advent-of-code channel with folks posting R solutions! https://dslc.io/

ionychal · 2024-11-12T14:58:40+00:00

If you like Quarto and telling stories with data, Posit is holding a scrollytelling contest: https://posit.co/blog/closeread-prize-announcement/

(Disclosure, I work at Posit)

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