François Michonneau

New post: Zut, Git ! Porting {saperlipopette} to the terminal with Claude

masalmon.eu/2026/02/27/z...

The future of #DataScience is at #positconf 2026. Check out our keynote lineup:
Wes McKinney: Future of high-performance computing
Christine Zhang: Data storytelling at NY Times
Emily Riederer: Scaling open-source at Capital One
Sara Altman & Simon Couch: AI-driven workflows
Register: pos.it/conf

evolved: open software for teaching evolutionary biology through virtual inquiries Januario et al., (2026). evolved: open software for teaching evolutionary biology through virtual inquiries. Journal of Open Source Education, 9(96), 300, https://doi.org/10.21105/jose.00300

🚨New paper + software

Folks I want to introduce #evolved —our R package for teaching evolutionary biology through inquiry-based learning.

For undergrad + grad courses.
🧬💻

Paper link: doi.org/10.21105/jos...

#RStats #Evolution #STEMEducation #activelearning

rainbowR Conference 2026 Feb. 25 – 26, 2026

📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉

The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend.

pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...

#RStats #LGBTQ

In this week's newsletter, @simonpcouch.com and I share some interesting tidbits from Claude's constitution, an estimate of the electricity use of coding agents, and an update on our plot interpretation work.

The Advent of SQL has started 🎄

This year it's hosted by "Database School" and requires signing up: databaseschool.com/series/adven...

I'll be solving the challenges using #DuckDB and my solutions for the first two days are up on my website: francoismichonneau.net/2025/12/adve...

Did you know there are two contests happening right now? ✨

📊 Table Contest: use any #RStats or #Python package.
📈 Plotnine Contest: use the Plotnine #Python package.

Show off your skills, share your work, and earn some well-deserved open-source cred!

Learn more: posit.co/blog/announc...

Interested in a rainbowR Conference? rainbowR (https://rainbowr.org) is hosting a virtual conference (tentative date: February 26, 2026). The aim of the conference is to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community, and to showca...

📣We're hosting a rainbowR conference, to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and to showcase examples of working with LGBTQ+ data 🌈🎉 To help us plan, if you'd be interested in attending or speaking, please fill in this very short form (1-2 mins) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tx0...

Senior R Developer – Jobs & Opportunities – Open Knowledge Foundation

At @okfn.bsky.social we are looking for a short-term R Developer. The work is exciting and important, advancing a humanitarian mission! Apply or share with others!

nanonext 1.7.0 nanonext is a communications and concurrency toolbox that facilitates fast, powerful and reliable data exchange in polyglot data science workflows.

tidyverse blog: Breaking down language barriers in data science

nanonext is a messaging and concurrency toolkit, connecting R to polyglot data science pipelines involving modules written in Python, Rust, Go and C++ etc.

www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...

#RStats #tidyverse

I’ve been working on an update to the #quarto R package for weeks. I hope it improves your #rstats workflow with Quarto.

Lots of new helpers and tooling beyond the usual CLI wrappers. I believe some functions will be really useful!

Looking forward to your feedback!

github.com/quarto-dev/q...

Give Positron a try: positron.posit.co It's an editor that works for both R and Python

🎉 Big news! After 5+ years of consulting work under the R for the Rest of Us name, I'm launching Clarity Data Studio.

The name confusion was real – people thought we only did courses, not knowing about our consulting work building reports, websites, and more.

A Test Environment for Database Requests Testing and documenting code that communicates with remote databases can be painful. Although the interaction with R is usually relatively simple (e.g. data(frames) passed to and from a database), bec...

I think this package could help docs.ropensci.org/dittodb/inde...

orbital is such a cool idea — convert your tidymodels or (now) scikit learn model predictions to SQL so you can run them in the database

naturalistbot/R/inat_data.R at main · fmichonneau/naturalistbot Contribute to fmichonneau/naturalistbot development by creating an account on GitHub.

I don't know if it's useful for your use case but here is how I retrieve observations for the bot that posts on mastodon github.com/fmichonneau/...

📢 We're looking for more curators for the second half of 2025! Want to share your voice or know someone who should?

📝 Sign up to curate: rladies.org/form/rocur-s...
📖 Learn what curating involves: guide.rladies.org/rocur/guide/
💌 Nominate someone you admire: rladies.org/form/rocur-n...

@dslc.io will be hosting an “Introduction to Positron for Python” workshop on Monday, April 14 @ 2 pm Eastern. To register, check out the “workshop_positron-python” channel in the DSLC Slack (dslc.io/join).

Join the 2025 Maintainer Onboarding Cohort! The Carpentries is preparing to onboard the next cohort of Maintainers. We are delighted that 83 of 111 current Maintainers have chosen to continue in their role for another year, meaning that our nee...

🔊Applications to join as a Carpentries Maintainer close tomorrow, 11 April at midnight (anywhere on Earth).

This is a great opportunity to join a supportive and experienced community, and to get involved in maintaining and improving The Carpentries’ official lessons: carpentries.org/blog/2025/04...

Updating our Lesson Setup Instructions The Lesson Setup Instructions Task Force was established in August 2024 to review existing setup instructions for Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry, and Software Carpentry lessons and decide where and...

The recommendations of the Lesson Setup Instructions Task Force were published today. carpentries.org/blog/2025/03... The task force was established to modernise the instructions we ask learners to follow to prepare for a @carpentries.carpentries.org workshop. Thread about its recommendations [1/19]

Inforgraphic about submission types - full text in subsequent posts

🚨 Final Call for Proposals: Deadline Today! 🚨

📢 Attention R users and developers—today, Monday 10th March 2025, is the last chance to submit your proposals for useR! 2025. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to share your expertise and insights with the global R community. 🌍✨

#Rstats

A hexagonal sticker with an all black background and "odbc" written in layered shades of blue.

odbc 1.6.0 is now on #rstats CRAN! Includes a new helper for Redshift, a hex sticker (finally!), and many QOL improvements for Databricks, Snowflake, MSSQL, etc.

Read more: odbc.r-dbi.org/news/index.h...

useR! Sponsorship infographic with tht title "Tiered Sponsorship Opportunities The infographic conveys the following information UseR! 2025 are seeking sponsors to join us in making this year’s conference unforgettable! With sponsorship tiers to suit any budget, you can connect with the vibrant Rstats community while meeting your organization’s goals. ✨ Platinum ($25K): Gain prime exposure, a 10-min session, 5 registrations, and more! ✨ Gold ($15K): Large logo placement, 5-min session, 4 registrations, and added perks! ✨ Silver ($10K): Mid-tier benefits, including 3 registrations and social media shoutouts. ✨ Bronze ($5K): An exhibit booth, 2 registrations, and essential recognition perks. ✨ Violet ($1K - for Small Businesses): Affordable access to the R community with 1 registration, a booth, and more! Let’s make useR! 2025 your organization’s next big success!

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UseR! 2025 are seeking sponsors to join us in making this year’s conference unforgettable!
📩 Reach out at useR2025@duke.edu to find the perfect package for you!
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#Rstats #opensource #datascience

Scaling Up With R and Arrow by Nic Crane, Jonathan Keane and Neal Richardson
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/packages.html#scaling-up-with-r-and-arrow

Which of these features would you like us to implement first in the nanoparquet R package?

See options below.

#RStats #parquet nanoparquet.r-lib.org

I’m hiring for a Senior Data Scientist / Data Developer role at EvE Bio, a non-profit! It requires substantial #rstats experience, including #Shiny.

It’s a hybrid role located in Durham, NC.

If you are interested and qualified, please apply or reach out to me w Qs.

jobs.lever.co/convergentre...

Why does @weare.rladies.org have less than 1000 followers? We can do better than this #rstats folks. It is a terrific account to follow because every week not only we get to know a new member of the #RLadies community but we also get to read their R favorites, tips, and jokes.