In episode 208 of R Weekly Highlights, the LLM train keeps moving along in the data science community: First impressions of the new Positron Assistant for code completion and basic package development, plus a friendly app for exploring the upcoming posit::conf(2025) agenda created by one of our talented R Weekly curators!Episode Links<ul><li>This week's curator: Jon Calder - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jonmcalder" target="_blank">@jonmcalder@fosstodon.org</a> (Mastodon) & <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmcalder" target="_blank">@jonmcalder</a> (X/Twitter) * <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jonmcalder.bsky.social" target="_blank">@jonmcalder@bsky.social</a></li><li><a href="https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/positron-assistant-copilot-chat-agent" target="_blank">Positron Assistant: GitHub Copilot and Claude-Powered Agentic Coding in R</a></li><li><a href="https://posit.co/blog/posit-conf-2025-agenda/" target="_blank">Your LLM-powered guide to the posit::conf(2025) agenda</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W30.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W30</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<ul><li>Positron Assistant <a href="https://positron.posit.co/assistant" target="_blank">https://positron.posit.co/assistant</a></li><li>posit::conf(2025) Agenda Chat Bot <a href="https://posit-ai-posit-conf-agenda-chat.share.connect.posit.cloud/" target="_blank">https://posit-ai-posit-conf-agenda-chat.share.connect.posit.cloud/</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>The Quick and the Blue - Mega Man 2 - The Megas - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090</a></li></ul>

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