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rainbowR zoom meet-up: Wednesday July 23rd, 4 pm UTC. Sign up via rainbowR.org/meetups

🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday July 23rd, 4pm UTC 🌈

- connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈
- ask questions about R 🙋
- tell us about an R package you like 📦
- show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻

➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups

I probably should have shared some map visualizations... but instead, here are a few of my own birdwatching photo attempts from the Esteros del Iberá, in Argentina 😋.
Hope you enjoy them!

Hasta la próxima! 👋
@jformoso.bsky.social

I may have mentioned I’m into bird watching 🐦
If that’s your thing too, check out this great post by Matt Strimas-Mackey on using the auk package to work with eBird data:
🔗 ropensci.org/blog/2018/08...

It walks you through downloading, filtering, and summarizing millions of bird observations!

Hi everyone!
Wrapping up my week as curator, it’s been such a joy! Thanks for the invite, and to all who joined the conversations, shared, or followed along 💜

Thinking of curating? Go for it! Great way to connect, learn, and give back.
🔗 guide.rladies.org/rocur/about/

But before I go...

That’s awesome! Hope you're having fun with it! If you ever want to share how it’s going, I’d love to hear about it!

This looks great! It's very useful, and I wasn't aware it existed. Thank you!

(6/6) 🎯 Finally, `targets`. I have to admit I haven’t used it yet, but I’m excited to try it. It helps you manage workflows: tracks dependencies, caches results, and only runs what’s needed.

🔗 books.ropensci.org/targets/

What are your go-to packages for keeping your projects clean and stress-free?

(5/6) `renv` lets you isolate the package environment of each project. I’m still getting used to it — it’s not always straightforward — but it saves me from “it worked last week” headaches.

🔗 rstudio.github.io/renv/article...

(4/6) 😬 Ever run code and wonder which filter() was used? conflicted turns conflicts between function names into errors, and makes you choose one explicitly. It avoids surprises and silent bugs (select() from psych gets me every time!)

🔗 conflicted.r-lib.org

(3/6) 📝 `annotater` makes it easy to add informative comments to your package load calls: the package's purpose, which functions and version you are using. Great for clarity and reproducibility.

🔗 annotater.liomys.mx

(2/6) 📍 `here` helps avoid broken file paths when switching machines or sharing projects. It automatically detects your project root and builds paths relative to it. Very helpful when working with students, it sets a good practice from day one.

🔗 here.r-lib.org

🧵 Do you have R packages that make your workflow smoother or help you avoid problems you used to face all the time? I’ve collected a few that solved issues that used to trip me up 👇

This is great! Thanks! I wasn’t aware of it.

😂

Thanks, Luis! That is a great resource: luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/

(4/4) So... are you an RSE?
Tell us what kind of work you do! 👇

#RSE #ResearchSoftware #rstats

(3/4) RSEs bridge research and software, building tools that are sustainable, open, and reproducible.
Even if it’s not your job title.. it might still be your role.

📖 You can learn more about it in @turingway.bsky.social :
book.the-turing-way.org/collaboratio...

(2/4) To be honest, I only learned about the RSE role a little while ago, and it sounded familiar: writing code for research, helping others with their analyses, building tools and workflows.
Where I work, it’s not a formal position. PhD students and researchers do it quietly, every day.

Registration and Programme - RSECon25 Join us for the ninth annual Research Software Engineering conference RSECon25, at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, from 9–11 September 2025. Learn, share, and build connections across the RSE...

If you are into research, coding, or RSE communities, then don’t miss RSECon25, the conference for Research Software Engineering!
🌐 rsecon25.society-rse.org

And if you're new to RSE and a Spanish speaker, check out Charlas RSE:
🔗 github.com/charlas-rse-...

#rse #rstats

Renders a Multilingual Quarto Book Automate rendering and cross-linking of Quarto books following a prescribed structure.

Thank you, Raphael! You are right! I don't know how I broke it when I copied it: docs.ropensci.org/babelquarto/

To close the day: if you’re working with Quarto and want to make your content multilingual, check out @masalmon.eu's BabelQuarto 🧩
👉 quarto.org/docs/extensi...

It lets you write once and publish in several languages. I haven’t tried it yet.. have you? Would love to hear your experience!

¿También sos hispanohablante nativa/o, como yo?
A veces es difícil encontrar recursos sobre Quarto en español, así que el año pasado, junto a R-Ladies Buenos Aires, hicimos un taller basado en algunos de los materiales que compartí hoy.

📹 tiny.cc/quarto-spanish
📦 jformoso.github.io/quarto-rladi...

Transforma tus datos en historias visuales con Quarto Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Are you a native Spanish speaker like me (or you know one)?
Sometimes it’s hard to find Quarto resources in Spanish, so last year, with R-Ladies Buenos Aires, we ran a workshop based on some of the resources I shared today.

📹 tiny.cc/quarto-spanish
📦 jformoso.github.io/quarto-rladi...

Thank you! I’ll definitely take a look.

Thanks, Damie! If you’ve got any favorites of your own, I’d love to check them out!

This is a small collection of materials that made a big impact on my learning.
They’re practical, generous, and well-explained — huge thanks to their authors!

Do you have favorite resources too?
I’d love to see what helped you.. especially if it’s in Spanish 😅!

At Posit Conf 2024, I attended a great workshop by Mine Çetinkaya on building dashboards.
👉 posit-conf-2024.github.io/quarto-dashb...

I also discovered tons of helpful Quarto tips and widgets I hadn’t explored before.

Check out Mine’s website for more resources: mine-cr.com

Quarto with brand.yml with Isabella Velásquez Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Isabella Velásque @ivelasq3.bsky.social taught a fantastic workshop on how to use brand.yml for consistent, multiformat styling in Quarto.
👉 tiny.cc/brand-yml

I haven’t mastered it yet, but I definitely need to!
Check it out if you want your PDFs, HTMLs, and slides to look cohesive and on-brand.

R-Ladies D.C - Parameterized reporting using Quarto - Jadey Ryan Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Thanks to this workshop by Jadey Ryan, I learned how to build parameterized reports. Very useful when you need flexible outputs from a single template (which I do... all the time!).
👉 tiny.cc/parameterize...

You can find more interesting content on her website:
🌐 jadeyryan.com

#RLadies

Publish a Quarto project using GitHub Pages+GitHub Actions in 6 minutes (no need to render locally!) Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

This video by Melissa Van Bussel helped me set up my very first GitHub Action to publish my site. It took exactly 10 minutes!
👉 tiny.cc/gh-actions

Here’s the site I published using that workflow:
🔗 jformoso.github.io

And her website, she has great resources!
🌐 www.melissavanbussel.com

#RLadies