Jumping Rivers

Positron is Posit’s newer IDE for data science, built for R and Python. Posit Assistant brings AI into the workflow. Join Kia Mack on 13 August for live demos comparing Positron with RStudio and testing Posit Assistant on everyday data science tasks. See where the tools help, where they get in the way, and whether they belong in your workflow. 🕐 1:15pm UK time 💻 Free and online Register: https://jumpingrivers.typeform.com/to/UmdyNbAs #RStats #Python #Posit

R 4.6.0 "Because it was There" is set for release on 24 April 2026.

%notin% is now in base R, summary() handles character columns more neatly, and list.files() gets a fixed = TRUE argument so you no longer need to escape dots in patterns.

Full code examples on the Jumping Rivers blog written by Russ Hyde: https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-new-r46/

#rstats #datascience #rprogramming

Huge thanks to our sponsors making AI in Production 2026 happen — @databricks@bird.makeup, Royal Statistical Society, @Posit@fosstodon.org, @crcpress@bird.makeup

Speakers from @Netflix@mstdn.social, Amazon, DoorDash, @redhat@mastodon.social and more are joining us in Newcastle on 4–5 June.

Tickets still available 👉 ai-in-production.jumpingrivers.com

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Your .gitconfig is probably costing you hours every month. A few tweaks can fix daily Git annoyances:

• Sort branches by date, not alphabet
• Auto-setup remote tracking (goodbye "git push -u")
• Different emails for work/personal projects
• Sign commits with SSH instead of GPG

Colin Gillespie's guide breaks down each setting and shows you how to configure Git to fit your workflow.

https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/recommended-gitconfig/

#Git #DevTools
https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/recommended-gitconfig/