R Weekly 2025-W37 mirai and nanonext

09 Sep 2025

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This week’s release was curated by Jon Calder, with help from the R Weekly team members and contributors.

Highlight

• tidyverse blog: mirai 2.5.0 - production-grade parallel and distributed computing

• tidyverse blog: Introducing nanonext - breaking down language barriers in data science

Insights

• tidyverse blog: mirai 2.5.0 - production-grade parallel and distributed computing

• tidyverse blog: Introducing nanonext - breaking down language barriers in data science

• rOpenSci Champions Second Cohort: Projects Wrap-Up

• Hugo modules vs. Git submodules: manage your website more easily

• Driving more efficient and reproducible workflows with Posit Academy

R in the Real World

• R/exams Presents: Fun with Flags

• Ensemble Model for Gold Futures

• Linear Model with Feature Engineering: Silver Prices Surge

Resources

• Introducing bioinf-bloggers.com

New Packages

📦 Keep up to date wtih CRANberries 📦

• {rvolleydata} 1.0.0: Extract Data from Professional Volleyball Leagues in North America

• {SouthKoreAPIs} 0.1.0: Access South Korean Data via Public APIs and Curated Datasets

• {blosc} 0.0.6: Compress and Decompress Data Using the ‘BLOSC’ Library

• {shinytesters} 0.1.0: Update ‘Shiny’ Inputs when using testServer()

• {hcruR} 1.0.0: Estimate, Compare, and Visualize Healthcare Resource Utilization for Real-World Evidence

• {SemanticDistance} 0.1.1: Compute Semantic Distance Between Text Constituents

Updated Packages

🔍 Search on R-universe 🔍

• {gdalraster} 2.2.1: Bindings to GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) - diffify

• {mirai} 2.5.0: Minimalist async evaluation framework for R - diffify

• {nanonext} 1.7.0: R binding for Nanomsg Next Generation - diffify

• {leaflet} 2.2.3: Create Interactive Web Maps with the JavaScript ‘Leaflet’ Library - diffify

• {roxygen2} 7.3.3: In-Line Documentation for R - diffify

• {ellmer} 0.3.2: Chat with Large Language Models - diffify

• {officer} 0.7.0: Manipulation of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint Documents - diffify

Videos and Podcasts

• Listen to the R-Weekly Highlights Podcast

Shiny Apps

• WebDev4R: Shiny Explained

Tutorials

• Reproducible Data Science in R: Say the quiet part out loud with assertion tests 💧

• Create reports and tutorials with generative AI from R

• Managing project-specific R libraries with rv

• How to Reset Row Numbers of Data Frame in R: Complete Guide

• Learning The Basics of Phylogenetic Analysis

• Talking to LLMs: From Prompt to Response

R Project Updates

Updates from R Core:

Call for Participation

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• 🚀 R Consortium Technical Grant Cycle Opens Today — Your Chance to Make a Mark

Upcoming Events in 3 Months

Events in 3 Months:

• A list of R conferences and meetings

• This week’s local R-User and applied stats events

• Weekly R Workshops for Ukraine

• R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages

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Quotes of the Week

everything is terrible but at least the #rstats community is still one of the best

— Kevin Ushey (@kevinushey.bsky.social) 4 September 2025 at 20:26

Instead of doing what I should be doing, I procrastinated by updating the "About" page of my website with a scrollytelling career timeline, some fun stats, and a card grid of hobbies! It's amazing what you can do with @quarto.org! kylieainslie.github.io/about.html #rstats #AcademicSky

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— Kylie Ainslie, PhD (@kylieainslie.bsky.social) 5 September 2025 at 14:18