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
We rebuilt our core R courses—now using Positron.
More modern workflows. Built-in AI. Better debugging.
🎉 To celebrate the launch:
Get 50% off paid courses through April 30.
See updated courses: buff.ly/rdULEs7
#DataScience #RStats #Positron
Cool news for the tiny sliver of people who use Positron/VS Code and Typora on macOS: the latest version of Typora added a new VS Code extension for opening Markdown flavored files in Typora: support.typora.io/Open-in-Typo...
That makes this post here a lot easier! #rstats #databs
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
You could always try them in Positron's Notebook editor, would provide a very RStudio-like experience:
positron.posit.co/positron-not...
See recent overview at: youtu.be/qrVkG89ndi8?...
How dare I prioritize giving you useful links without actually adding any hashtags that would make this entire post findable 🫠 honestly, sometimes i forget how BlueSky works, y'all
#rstats #databs #python #pydata
@masalmon.eu has written up a great post on the downstream effects of tree-sitter-r!
- Air, for formatting
- Jarl, for linting
- Positron's R support, for completions and more
- GitHub Search for R
It's been very cool to see all the ways this one project has been used to enhance #rstats!
The settings UI in Positron IDE showing that the user has searched for "dev containers" and has checked the box next to the setting called Dev > Containers: Enable (Experimental). Some text on the screen says "then restart" meaning that the user should restart after enabling this setting
A screenshot of the Remote Explorer pane in Positron where you can see "Dev Containers" is now listed in the drop down options. There is text overlaid that says "Look! now you can choose containers if you open a project with one!"
DID YOU KNOW that experimental support for #devcontainers was added to #Positron all sneaky-like in December?
Setting url: positron://settings/dev.containers.enable
Dev containers (experimental) docs: positron.posit.co/dev-containe... (includes known issues)
🪲 Bugs? 👉🏼 github.com/posit-dev/po...
Glad I was made aware of this, I already have a working VSCode/Positron extension specific to {targets} so I can perform static analysis, navigate, debug, add static pipeline autocomplete, and generally make sense of my giant targets pipelines much more easily🥳
#RStats
Look at this technological stack that @samclark.net uses in his new paper, look at the screenshot: : python, positron, uv, quarto, duckdb — all the best new tools 🤩 (well, except for python in my case, I guess I stay with R #rstats)
The #demography paper:
🔗 arxiv.org/pdf/2603.24299
When it comes to #Python type checkers and LSPs, we had a lot of options for what to bundle in Positron, our data science IDE! 🤯
Read through how we evaluated Pyrefly, ty, Basedpyright, and Zuban, and what we ended up deciding to use by default:
positron.posit.co/blog/posts/2...
Our latest @posit.co AI Newsletter swaps the usual roundup for something different. @sara-altman.bsky.social and I traced the (brief) history of agents for data science at Posit, from Shiny Assistant to Databot to Positron Assistant to our latest release, Posit Assistant.
posit.co/blog/2026-03...
Positron 2026.03.0 is out — and it’s getting seriously good for real data workflows.
✨ Reliable step-by-step execution in R (finally!)
📄 Built-in PDF viewer (no more context switching)
📓 Notebook editor evolving: interactive data grids, better cell control, Jupyter-like UX
This is moving […]
Not sure when the little resource monitor was added to Interpreter sessions in Positron, but I love it! #rstats
A few weeks ago, @ivelasq3.bsky.social & I hosted a #DSLab where we walked through using GitHub's integrations & extensions in #Positron - it's up on YT now! #rstats
Starting a project, protecting main, issues, branches, stashing/popping changes, resolving merge conflicts, PRs
youtu.be/JTv4IbFzI7M
On March 25th, we’re hosting a live enablement session on the new Positron Notebook Editor—a batteries-included experience that treats notebooks as first-class citizens.
🔗 Register Here: events.zoom.us/ev/Ajss5j9Ve...
A list table is a fenced div with the .list-table class containing a bullet list. Each top-level bullet represents a row, and nested bullets represent cells: ::: {.list-table} - - Fruit - Price - - Apple - 1.20 - - Orange - 0.90 :::
Oooh, I'm intrigued by this new table syntax in #QuartoPub 1.9
In the fast-paced world of retail analytics, speed-to-delivery is everything.
We’re proud to share this insight from Jeffrey Sumner at Bath & Body Works on how Positron is streamlining his team's output.
Explore Positron: positron.posit.co
Try Positron for free: positron.posit.co/download.html
We are pleased to announce that Heather Turner @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy has joined the R Core Team. She has been an active contributor notably via the R Dev Days, and has greatly improved cooperation between R Core and the R community in more ways #RStats.
In this edition of the @posit.co AI Newsletter, we share about new LLM features in RStudio, some vibe checks on the new GPT 5.4 / Qwen3.5 / Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite releases, and an overview of the Anthropic / Pentagon saga.
Read it here: posit.co/blog/2026-03...
I'm over the moon excited to the release of 0.5.0 of orbital 🛰️
This release adds full support for boosted tree, faster creation of orbital objects, optimization of execution!
We can finally reliably predict with a xgboost model from a database!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/03...
#rstats #tidymodels
🗞️ Here's the latest edition of the Posit AI newsletter, your biweekly roundup of #AI news from Posit and beyond.
This week's edition includes:
Anthropic's dispute with the Pentagon
AI functionality in RStudio
New model releases
And more!
Read the newsletter here: posit.co/blog/2026-03...
Our latest blog walks through the latest release of the Positron Notebook Editor, focusing on two major friction-killers:
✔️ Zero-Code Data Profiling
✔️ Assistant & AI Quick Actions
Read the blog: posit.co/blog/elimina...
The March edition of posit::glimpse() is here! 🚀
Key updates include Posit AI, a new assistant in RStudio, Pointblank for synthetic data for #Python, mirai v2.6.0: 50% faster async #RStats ⚡, Positron's PDF viewer + Jupyter support, and more.
Read the full roundup:
posit.co/blog/glimpse...
Hey R and Python folks at #NICAR26 looking at coding agents for data analysis: Databot from Posit (formerly RStudio) is another option. It's an assistant for the Positron IDE specifically designed for data work.
See a demo from September's Posit conference:
youtu.be/Ve7cNChzq5Q?...
#RStats #Python
In the age of AI-driven programming, IDEs are still essential for an excellent coding journey. My favorites are Zed (zed.dev) for software development and Positron (positron.posit.co) for data science, especially for interactive exploration. #Coding #DataScience
Graphic with Posit AI branding over a background of R code layered on an aerial forest landscape. Large headline text reads: “AI, embedded in RStudio. No more context switching.”
Meet Posit AI.
Built for data scientists who want AI inside their RStudio workflow.
Instead of black-box suggestions, Posit AI helps generate code you can inspect, understand, and rerun.
Learn more:
posit.co/products/ai?...
RStudio now has next edit suggestions! I wrote a bit about how they work and have open-sourced the eval we used to engineer the system's prompt: www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-03...
COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC <SORRY SETH>
When can I get you to try out the Positron IDE and the new Data Explorer? 😆 Would also love any feedback
positron.posit.co/data-explore...
A screenshot of an RStudio window. On the left-hand side is a new pain called Posit Assistant. The Posit Assistant had recently run code making a lat-lon plot of Washington state, colored by whether the point had been marked as forested or not.
Today we're releasing AI for RStudio. It's really, really good—I'd encourage you to point it at the messiest data sources you have and see what it can do.
www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-03...
