In this episode of R Weekly Highlights: We have a six-month follow-up perspective from an early Positron user, how the current landscape of AI tools perform when learning the ropes with the Tidyverse, and how you can create your first Observable plot while using R for data munging.Episode Links<ul><li>This week's curator: Jon Carroll - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jonocarroll" target="_blank">@jonocarroll@fosstodon.org</a> (Mastodon) & <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy" target="_blank">@jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy</a> (Bluesky) & <a href="https://twitter.com/carroll_jono" target="_blank">@carroll_jono</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2025/positron-debugging/" target="_blank">Positron: current joys and pains</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/04/learn-tidyverse-ai/" target="_blank">Learning the tidyverse with the help of AI tools</a></li><li><a href="https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/observable-r-users/" target="_blank">Observable for R users</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W15.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W15</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<ul><li>Positron +1e <a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/grrrck/positron-plus-1-e" target="_blank">https://open-vsx.org/extension/grrrck/positron-plus-1-e</a></li><li>Vanishing Gradients episode 47 (The Great Pacific Garbage Patch of Code Slop with Joe Reis) <a href="https://vanishinggradients.fireside.fm/47" target="_blank">https://vanishinggradients.fireside.fm/47</a></li><li>Observable color palette viewer <a href="https://observablehq.com/plot/features/scales#color-scales" target="_blank">https://observablehq.com/plot/features/scales#color-scales</a></li><li>Observable Plots (R/Pharma 2024 Workshop Series) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6fP68XnacM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6fP68XnacM</a></li></ul>Supporting the show<ul><li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact" target="_blank">https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" target="_blank">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" target="_blank">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li><li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" target="_blank">https://value4value.info</a></li><li>Get in touch with us on social media<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@rpodcast@podcastindex.social</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) and <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" target="_blank">@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social" target="_blank">@mike-thomas.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky), and <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><ul><li>Sunny Side Up - Yoshi's Island DS - ZackParrish - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04558" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04558</a></li><li>Costa Del Sol DANCE - Final Fantasy VII - Posu Yan - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00095" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00095</a></li></ul>

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