Posts
Patterns and anti-patterns of data analysis reuse
A speed-run through four stages of data analysis reuse, to the end game you probably guessed was coming.
12 months and 2700km with the Tribe Evamos Longtail cargo ebike: Review
I review our car-replacement cargo ebike one year on.
How to be assertive about not testing your data science pipeline
An introduction to assertive programming as an alternative to testing
Push the limits of interactive mapping in R with vector tiles
A tutorial on mapping with vector tiles in R
60 Days with the ZSA Moonlander: Review
I spent 60 days with the ZSA Moonlander Keyboard and ultimately returned it. I wanted to like it, but couldn't make the ergonomics work for me.
A Public Service Data Science Stack: Collaboration
git, GitHub, {targets}, VSCode, and other tools that our data science team uses to collaborate.
Adding RStudio Addins to VSCode
Technical details and select highlights of my project to bring RStudio addins to VSCode.
Project as an R package: An okay idea
The overarching problem I see with conforming analysis to the package domain, is that it introduces artifacts not of the project domain and that makes the project harder to comprehend
Benefits of a function-based diet (The {drake} post)
The {drake} post I've been threatening to make has landed. All 4000 words of it.
Stop() - breathe - recover()
Over the last couple of months a debugging technique involving an R function called `recover` has transformed my approach dealing with errors in R code. This post is an introduction to a ~20min video I've made where I demonstrate my `recover` approach on two examples.
Hacking R's library paths
If you've been tripped up by R's library paths in the past, or you just enjoy a good hack, you might appreciate this little trick
A workflow for lightweight R dependency management
Recently I proudly shared some code that was only weeks old and had maybe 40 dependencies... what could possibly go wrong right?
Horseman number for
Two #rstats community personalities whom I very much admire have taken my name in vain in relation to for loops. What's up with that?
R anti-pattern: Row-wise modification of data in a loop
The Row-wise modification of data in a loop is a trap for programmers coming to R from other languages.
The Roots of Quotation
In this post I use Lisp as a prop to have the quoting conversation from the start. It's a deep dive that will hopefully arrive at a deep understanding.
R2VR: Shading Meshes in WebVR
In this post I'll contiue to riff on the Uluru mesh, discussing how to colour a WebVR mesh by shading using a raster layer, or applying a texture.
Crushing the Contact Details file with #rstats
It is a universal law that if you volunteer to help organise something, you will at some stage be issued with a flat text file of contact details.
R2VR: Rendering Meshes in WebVR
How to render a 3D mesh of Uluru in WebVR using the A-Frame framework via R.
2018: In Pursuit of Productivity
2018 was probably my busiest year on record. I reflect on some of the productivity tools that got me through.
Solving the Challenge of Tidyeval
Ok here's the vignette... scroll scroll scroll... now I just quo... no wait enquo, no wait sym? Ahhh! equos that has to be it...
How to Survive a Laptop Fire
How bad would it be for your work if your laptop burned in a fire?
R2VR: Meshing Uluru From Polygons and Rasters
In this post I describe using R to make a 3D mesh of Uluru from publicly available spatial data.
Introducing #R2VR
Where is the value in package peer review? Reflection #2 on rOpenSci Onboarding
How is a package peer reviewer’s time best spent? When is the best time in a software package’s life cycle to undertake peer review? A user-driven perspective.
A Fully Dockerised HTTPS Ghost Blog
The installation documentation for Ghost is comprehensive, but beyond my skill as a system administrator to complete. Docker to the rescue!
Waterslides vs Ivory Towers: Reflection #1 on rOpenSci Onboarding
Onboarding is a waterslide. rOpenSci have created a rewarding and fun process that generates high quality R packages.
Going Alt-RStats with VSCode
I never want to see another CSV that isn't rainbow!