If you've been thinking about submitting a talk for posit::conf(2026), but you're a little nervous about the process, I have the ~15 min video for you! youtu.be/aKN8qlLjld4
@rachaeldempsey.bsky.social & I stayed late on the #DSHangout to answer some Qs, & two veteran conf-talkers shared their exp
Today on the #DSHangout, we got an anonymous Q about what being a working adult in '08-09 might have taught us about navigating today's gross job market. I thought it was a fantastic question to pose to the fellow olds in the #databs community here.
My biggest lesson: ask for AND ACCEPT help.
Love how I can always count on @zach-nabavian.bsky.social to have a Mario Kart analogy in a data community meet-up chat 😂 Today it was DRAGON BOATS! (You had to be there, but dragon boating featured heavily in today's #DSHangout haha)
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In 1 hr! #DSHangout w/ head of people analytics @ GitLab 😍 come ask Qs & hang w/ data buds 12PM ET pos.it/dsh
NEXT WEEK! @andrew.heiss.phd is on the DS Lab showing us how he makes his life easier: #Positron extensions he loves, OS tools he uses, the #duckdb + Connections pane 👀 pos.it/dslab #rstats
Screenshot of a survey question asking, “On which activity do you spend the most time at work?” with radio-button options including Meetings (which is selected), Admin (emails, Slack, etc.), Coding, Reviewing code, Reading, Writing/Reporting, Dashboard creation (point and click), Non-coding analysis (point and click), and Other (please specify). A large crying-face emoji appears on the right side of the screen, emphasizing frustration with spending most time in meetings.
Data Humans! 🎉 I made a quick end-of-year survey with Qs our #DSHangout community chose: tools you use, how you use AI, what’s changing in DS, how you get unstuck, & even cat vs dog 🐕 ❤️ 🐈⬛
If you’re a #databs #rstats #pydata person, join in: pos.it/hang25bsky Haven't attended the DSH? NA as needed!
How excited am I allowed to be about Josh Starmer of #StatQuest joining us on the #DSHangout this week?! BECAUSE I AM EXCITED!
Josh makes me feel seen bc we both love explaining stats stuff in friendly ways, helping folks, & not taking ourselves too seriously
#databs #rstats #python #datascience
Q from the #DSHangout: How much does the dev team at Posit get involved in contributing to base R?
A from @davisvaughan.bsky.social: We do join Dev Days, & have sent in a number of patches over the years of varying size (Gabor did ALTLISTs, for example).
(See comment below for example!) #rstats
EXCELLENT (abridged) un-answered Q from our #DSHangout yesterday:
Advice for getting involved in contributing to an open-source pkg? I worry abt my code style & don't know if contribs are wanted.
@davisvaughan.bsky.social says, we always want contribs! code-review.tidyverse.org
#rstats #databs
Today's #DSHangout was SO FUN, and I got SO many messages from people saying they'd enjoyed the heck out of it!!
The secret sauce? We let ourselves just be the nerds we are 😂
We talked about Cosmere, Keyboards, and Cons. Of course, the data/dev stuff, too, but.... 🤓
#databs #rstats #python
TOMORROW! Join me on the #DSHangout with @tanho.ca to chat all about... whatever you want! Great topics: R in Production, sports analytics, open source dev work, and pumpkin carving 🎃 ❤️
I plan on asking about my fave: working out loud!
You can go to pos.it/dsh to register! #databs #rstats #python
Is #Positron going to replace #RStudio? 😱 (This is the worry I keep hearing lately 👀)
Posit Software Architect @jmcphers.bsky.social says, "there are certainly no plans to get rid of RStudio."
Watch the full #DSHangout video with Jonathan here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sROVZ83FNg
#rstats #databs
Libby in a video thumbnail for the Posit Data Science Hangout. She's a woman with long brown hair, pale skin, and pink glasses. She's wearing bright turquoise earrings, and a blue and green plaid shirt, and a wedding ring is visible on her left hand, which is raised near her mouth. The wall behind her is a blank grey. The length of the video is seen in the bottom right corner, 49 minutes and 17 seconds.
Does it look like I'm saying, "One does not simply walk into Mordor" or nah
Listen, I gotta keep myself entertained while uploading videos 😂 🤌🏼 #DSHangout (This is from Lisa Elkin of Pfizer's episode, and it will be out soon on the #Posit YouTube channel's hangout playlist!) #databs
In one hour, we'll be joined on the #DSHangout by Lisa Elkin of Pfizer to talk about being a Scientist-turned-Data-Scientist, #SAS to #Rstats, etc! She's wonderful & I can't wait for everyone to meet her & ask her questions!! If you're not registered 👉🏼 pos.it/dsh I'll see you in an hour!!
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Does Jenny Bryan #VibeCode? 🤔
She shared on the Hangout that she's been thankful that she gets to learn #rust and #typscript in the age of #AI and these are her thoughts on #LLM use. (We really need a #RubberDuck emoji 🦆)
#rstats #databs #VibeCoding #DSHangout #python
"Libby, I don't know how you host a live #DSHangout AND keep up with the chat AND read questions in slido AND talk on Slack at the same time!"
I was raised by AOL, my friend 💿 I was a teen in the 90s. I can maintain 6 simultaneous AIM convos 😎 Who knew it'd be a marketable skill?
#databs #rstats
A promotional image of two Posit Data Science Hangout guests. Ross Farrugia from Roche/Genentech on July 17th and Frank Hull from ACES on July 24th. Each guest has a headshot image with a short message about them underneath. Ross's blurb says he can chat about experiences driving pharma industry open source adoption, and Frank's blurb says he can chat about leading a team that does data science and energy risk management.
The #dsHangout was on break the last two weeks, but WE'RE BACK! (Remember that 90s dinosaur movie?!) pos.it/dsh
This Thursday: Ross Farrugia at Roche (He's a co-founder of #pharmaverse, y'all!)
Next week: Frank Hull at ACES (Let's talk Energy sector, open source packages, Julia, and more)
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I'm glad Cat Hicks (@grimalkina.bsky.social) has our backs as technologists 🥹 This teaser of her #positconf2025 keynote from her recent appearance on the #DSHangout has me *very* excited for conf this year, y'all. #databs
Also please don't roast me for not being in frame here, kthanks 😂
Keith McNulty will be on with me LIVE in 15 minutes! Be there!! No need to worry about being late or coming/going during the call, feel free to lurk, but definitely ask him some questions if you're up for it! #DShangout pos.it/dsh
Side-by-side headshots of two men. On the left, a man with short, dark hair and a slightly raised eyebrow, wearing a black shirt, is posed against a light gray background. On the right, a man with short, light brown hair and glasses, smiling and wearing a navy blue shirt, is posed against a warm brown background.
TOMORROW IS A BIG #DSHANGOUT! We have 2 featured leaders, & they're both keynote speakers at #positconf2025 😍
Thurs May 29 @ 12pm ET meet:
👋🏼 Kieran Healy, professor of sociology at Duke
👋🏼 Jonathan McPherson, software architect at Posit
📆 Add to your calendar @ pos.it/dsh
#databs #rstats #python
Promotional graphic for a Posit Data Science Hangout featuring Pallas Horwitz, scheduled for 22 May 2025 at 12:00 PM Eastern. Pallas is introduced as an Analytics Consultant & Professional Development Coach. The event will focus on career growth and communicating business value in the AI era. On the right side, there is a professional headshot of Pallas Horwitz, who has shoulder-length curly hair and is wearing a brown top, smiling at the camera against a light blue background.
What data career questions do you have? I bet Pallas could shed some light on them, whatever they are. She's done it all! Come hangout with us tomorrow & ask her! Thursdays at 12PM ET, y'all. pos.it/dsh to add it to your calendar. Chill, lurk friendly, come & go as you please. #databs #DShangout
#TidyTuesday got a big shout out from @cararthompson.bsky.social and me today on the #dsHangout - TidyTuesday is whatever you want it to be, but more than anything, it's a crowd-sourced collection of data sets stored as CSV files that you can practice with, TEACH with, & post about! A new one weekly
Jessica from Census truly was great, and hearing about an org dedicated to backing a move from SAS to R/Python and the cloud (securely) was really cool. The hangout attendees really hit it out of the park with their questions today #databs #dshangout
So glad you came today, Nur!! I feel like we need a hashtag 😂 #dshangout?
