waldo 0.3.0 improves the display of data frame differences, and gives the objects being compared the ability to control the detail of their comparisons. Read more ...

How can ggplot2 break with no breaking changes? This short post goes into detail with how and why the latest ggplot2 release disrupted some users workflow. Read more ...

A wild romp through environments – namely, the environments associated with functions and tests. How to adopt a low-impact lifestyle. Read more ...

tibble 3.0.0 is on CRAN now! Tibbles are a modern reimagining of the data frame, keeping what time has shown to be effective, and throwing out what is not, with nicer default output too! This article describes the latest major release and provides an outlook on further developments Read more ...

We use callr::r_session to implement a worker pool and task queue in 100 lines of R code. Read more ...

It depends - A dialog about dependencies Read more ...

How to avoid resource leaks in C code in R packages? Introducing the cleancall package. Read more ...

Advice on workflows for developing R scripts. How to think about whether an action belongs in the script or elsewhere. Read more ...

Contributing code to open source projects can be intimidating. These projects are often widely used and have well known maintainers. Contributing code and having it accepted seems an almost insurmountable task. However if you follow a few simple strategies you can have your code accepted into even the most popular projects in the tidyverse. Read more ...