Event graphic: "Introducing Posit AI for Positron and RStudio" — Demo + Live Q&A on April 29th at 11AM ET. Features logos for Posit AI, Positron, and RStudio on a dark navy background.

Posit AI is here — live inside Positron and RStudio. Come see it in action in a hands-on workflow demo. Real R & Python. No fluff.
🗓 April 29 · 11am EDT · Register → events.zoom.us/ev/Ajss5j9Ve...
#rstats #python

Yesterday was a big day. The new posit.co is live.

This is more than a new website. It's our commitment to showing up better for the customers, partners, and open source community that make Posit what it is.

Take a look: posit.co

Branded Figures and Tables in R and Python with Quarto – Mickaël CANOUIL Style ggplot2, plotnine, gt, and great_tables outputs using Quarto’s brand feature by reading brand configuration from the QUARTO_EXECUTE_INFO environment variable at render time.

New blog post: Branded Figures and Tables in R and Python with Quarto.

Style your figures and tables to match your brand automatically at render time, with light/dark mode support.

mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2026-0...

#Quarto #Python #RStats #Brand

Introducing Great Docs: Beautiful Documentation for Python Packages Great Docs is a new documentation site generator for Python packages. It auto-discovers your API, builds a modern site with Quarto, and ships with LLM-friendly features and one-command deployment.

We just released a blog post about something I'm very excited about: Great Docs. Post is in the *new* Posit Open Source site:

opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04...

Great Docs is a #python pkg for creating beautiful Python package websites. We make it easy to use but also give you lots of options.

RAG with raghilda An introduction to building retrieval-augmented generation systems with raghilda.

We just released raghilda to PyPi. Raghilda is a framework for building RAG systems in #python. See the release blogpost: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04...

What's next: Quarto 2 We've started working on [`quarto-dev/q2`](https://github.com/quarto-dev/q2/), a full rewrite of Quarto in Rust.

Quarto 2 is coming, and it’s a total rewrite in Rust. 🦀

The headline feature? Native collaborative editing. Don't choose between Google Docs ease and Git rigor! You get real-time, conflict-free collab directly in your .qmd files. #RStats #Python

Coming soon! ✨ opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04...

I have 99% switched from #rstats to #pydata as my job changed from analysis to data engineering. But I I was just analyzing survey results and trying to weave the result into a programmatically generated PDF. It was a struggle to get beautiful output in Python, the formatting of charts and text […]

Need a little whimsy in your quarto slides?
Presenting quarto-revealjs-transitions with 100+ new slide transitions

github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto

Comparing Posit Assistant and Claude Code YouTube video by Posit PBC

@sara-altman.bsky.social and I recently got together to compare Claude Code and Posit Assistant for data analysis with a recent #TidyTuesday release! The recording is now live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GI6...

posit::glimpse() Newsletter – April 2026 - Posit

The latest Glimpse newsletter is packed with open source #RStats and #Python updates from Posit!

Quarto 1.9, introducing Great Docs, orbital 0.5.0, devtools uses pak, and more.

Read it here: posit.co/blog/glimpse...

Comparing Posit Assistant and Claude Code YouTube video by Posit PBC

How does Posit Assistant compare to Claude Code for data analysis in #RStats?

We put them side-by-side to show how the experience differs on three dimensions:

💻 R session access
📊 Plotting
🔍 Iterative EDA

Watch the full comparison here! youtu.be/7GI6-4J0AXA

Promotional graphic for a Posit Package Manager webinar on April 14 at 12 PM ET. Text reads: "Your AI is only as safe as its code." R and Python logos appear at the bottom.

The webinar is tomorrow.

April 14 @ 12PM ET: learn how governed package management protects your R/Python stack — and keeps your AI agents from recommending libraries they shouldn't.

Don't let insecure packages be the weak link in your AI stack.

Save your seat → posit.co/webinar/buil...

Informational graphic titled "Event Roundup: Call for Proposal (CFP) Deadlines" listing upcoming tech event dates. ## Alt Text Infographic of upcoming conference deadlines to inform speakers of CFP dates **This Week:** * **PyData Amsterdam** (Sept 10-11): Apr 14 (Posit attending) * **PyData Yerevan** (Jul 24-26): Apr 19 * **PyOhio** (Sept 20): Apr 20 **Further Out:** * **ASA Biopharmaceutical Stats Workshop** (Sep 16-18): April 21 * **R/Pharma** (Oct 20-21, Virtual): May 2 * **Use of R in Official Statistics** (Nov 18-28): Jun 15 (Posit attending) **Upcoming Events:** * **Applied Machine Learning Conference** (Charlottesville): Apr 17-18 * [cite_start]**BSides Charm 2026** (Baltimore): Apr 25-26 (Posit attending)

Thinking of applying to a conference? There's a few #RStats and #Python conferences with upcoming CFPs! We'd love to see you there.

And if you happen to be in Charlottesville or Baltimore, there are a couple of events that you may be interested in!

Are there any that we are missing? 🤔 Let us know!

Retro-style poster announcing early registration for useR! 2026. A red, white, and blue bird flies toward a glowing sun with the R logo. A banner reads “useR! 2026 Conference – Warsaw • July 2026,” with Warsaw’s skyline and a river bridge illustrated below in bold geometric shapes.

🚀 Early bird tickets for useR! 2026 are live until April 20!

Join the global R community in Warsaw, hosted by SGH Warsaw School of Economics, University of Warsaw & Warsaw University of Technology.

📅 July 6–9, 2026 • Talks, workshops, networking.
Link in first comment 👇

Promotional graphic for a Posit Package Manager webinar on April 14 at 12 PM ET. Text reads: "AI is only as secure as its packages." R and Python logos appear at the bottom.

If your R/Python packages aren't governed, your AI agents can recommend outdated or insecure libraries, silently.

Join us April 14 @ 12PM ET to learn how package management becomes the foundation for secure AI-assisted data science.

Register → posit.co/webinar/buil...

While we offer a government discount of $1,199, our Super Early Bird ticket is our lowest ticket price, available for $1,099. It expires tonight at midnight!

Existential crisis! Is my degree worthless? YouTube video by Davis Vaughan

I had the pleasure of speaking to students at both Duke University and Wake Forest University about the existential crisis that many of them are feeling right now:

In the age of AI, is my degree worthless?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kTx...

After tomorrow, the Super Early Bird rate for posit::conf(2026) is gone!

Keynotes from Wes McKinney, Christine Zhang, Emily Riederer, Sara Altman & Simon Couch. Full-day workshops. The best community in data science.

Register before midnight on April 10: pos.it/conf

Alright, Positron's data viewer has me sold—this is legitimately better than RStudio. The nice continuous/ordinal histograms and missing value percentages are actually quite helpful and have already replaced a lot of ... |> pull() |> hist() type workflows I used to use

#RStats

A pretty good month for #datascience, especially #rstats

I supposed I should have mentioned that the teaching license is free :)

Positron plus JupyterHub logo, with the Posit logo in the corner.

We are thrilled to announce that Positron Server is now available for academic use via JupyterHub!

This gives students a robust #RStats & #Python data science IDE without needing a local install or new infrastructure.

Learn more: positron.posit.co/blog/posts/2...

My "Design of Everyday R Functions" talk is in the "R Nerds" block Wednesday afternoon up against the "AI in Data Science" block 😭 But my talk includes tips for making your code work better with AI, so you really get 2 blocks for the price of 1 with Team Nerd 🤓💪🤖! #RStats #PositConf2026

First ever posit::conf talk approved!

Excited to co-present with the talent @jadeynryan.bsky.social on our project, Dirt Data Reports. 🌱

See you guys in Texas 🤠

The posit::conf(2026) program is live and we are so proud of what this community has submitted.

Browse the full lineup: conf.posit.co/2026/sessions

Super Early Bird pricing ends April 10. Register before the rate goes up: pos.it/conf

Analytics engineers get stoked on curation, not necessarily exploration. Tristan Handy defines the role on The Test Set, and it hits.

Listen now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7hu7...

Listen now on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

What’s next: Quarto 2 – Quarto We’ve started working on quarto-dev/q2, a full rewrite of Quarto in Rust.

And another Quarto announcement; I've alluded to it before, but we're making it "official".

We've started work on Quarto 2. The blog post has an overview: quarto.org/docs/blog/po...

We'll share more in future blog posts, but here's what you can expect from the Quarto 2 dev effort:

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R/Pharma 2026: Call for Speakers

📣 The Call for Talks for R/Pharma Virtual 2026 is now open!

If you're working with R, Python, or open-source in Pharma, we’d love to hear from you.

Submit by May 2nd:
sessionize.com/rpharma-2026/
www.linkedin.com/company/open...

#RStats #Python #Pharma #DataScience #ClinicalTrials #AI #LLMs

Event roundup graphic titled "Call for Proposal (CFP) Deadlines" listing conference dates and locations. This Week: RSS International Conference (Sept 7-10, Bournemouth, UK): Apr 8 PyData Amsterdam (Sept 10-11, Amsterdam, NL): Apr 14 PyOhio (Sept 20, Cleveland, USA): Apr 20 Further Out: PyData Yerevan (Jul 24-26, Yerevan, ARM): Apr 19 Use of R in Official Statistics (Nov 18-28, Paris, FR): Jun 15 Upcoming Events: Applied Machine Learning Conference (Charlottesville, USA): Apr 17-18 BSides Charm 2026 (Baltimore, USA): Apr 25-26

A few more CFP deadlines coming up... are you applying to any of these #RStats or #Python conferences? Are there any others that we should be aware of? 🤔

We'll be at PyData Amsterdam and BSides Charm. @simonpcouch.com will be keynoting at Use of R in Official Statistics. We'd love to see you there!

Quarto 1.9 – Quarto Quarto 1.9 adds publishing to Posit Connect Cloud, LLM-friendly website output, major Typst improvements, experimental PDF accessibility standards, and list tables for complex table content.

We are pleased to announce Quarto 1.9 ✈️

New features for #RStats, #Python, and #JuliaLang users include Posit Connect Cloud publishing, PDF accessibility (PDF/A & PDF/UA), brand asset sync, enhanced #Typst support, list table syntax, and LLM-friendly output.

Learn more: quarto.org/docs/blog/po...