Issue 2026-W25 Highlights

The evolution of Posit's data science agents, robust approaches to unnamed parameters in R functions, and the power of math and visualization collide in an unexpected way.

Episode Links 

• This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)
• A brief and biased history of Posit data science agents
• Three small dots for more readable code
• Little useless-useful R functions – Ulam Prime Spiral
• Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W25

Supplement Resources

• Ulam Spiral Animation Function https://github.com/tomaztk/Useless_R_functions/blob/main/functions/ulam_spiral_animation.R
• Eric's new Quarto Terminal Theme https://github.com/rpodcast/quarto-revealjs-terminal

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