TIL

TIL: dplyr::mutate()'s .keep argument

Use the .keep argument in dplyr::mutate() to control which variables to retain after mutating to create new variables.

Dec 2

Build a Python CLI with Click+Cookiecutter

Demonstration for how to build a Python command line utility with Click using a Cookiecutter project template, and how to publish to PyPI and Docker Hub

Nov 10

Use nanoparquet instead of readr/CSV

Parquet is interoperable between Python and R, fast to read+write, works well with databases, and stores complex data types (e.g., tibble listcols). Use…

Oct 8

DuckDB vs dplyr vs base R

Using DuckDB in R to analyze 100 million rows of data in 3 seconds

Oct 7

Learning in Public

A short essay on writing about what you're learning

Sep 24

Excalidraw: create and share workflow diagrams with end-to-end encryption

Excalidraw might be my new go-to open-source tool over draw.io for creating and sharing workflow diagrams. It's simple, fast, aesthetically pleasing…

Sep 22

Illuminate preprints with an AI-generated podcast discussion

Listen now | Google's new Illuminate tool takes a PDF from arXiv and generates a short podcast discussion on the paper's key points

Sep 16

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Create a free Llama 3.1 405B-powered chatbot on a GitHub repo in <1 min

How to create and deploy a free GPT4-class chatbot on HuggingFace Assistants for any GitHub repo, using an R package as an example, in less than 60…

Sep 11

biorecap: an R package for summarizing bioRxiv preprints with a local LLM

The biorecap package summarizes bioRxiv preprints using a local LLM. I used two LLMs to help me write the package, and two other LLMs to help me write a…

Aug 24

Use R to prompt a local LLM with ollamar

Using R to prompt llama3.1:70b running on my laptop with Ollama + ollamar to tell me what's interesting about a set of genes, and to summarize recent…

Aug 14

R package development in Positron

First impressions using Positron for R (and Python!) package development

Jul 29

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