Post-lunch sessions! I will have recaps/thoughts later but I'm leaning towards Data Vis and Laptop to cluster
Thus more room roulette 😵‍💫 #positconf #positconf26

Highlight from current session from Morten Dall:
It's easier to change a gene name than to convince scientists to not use excel.

Me: *sobs in accuracy*
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Hopping between two sessions today and it's the absolute worse time for my food to fall asleep as I hobble between sessions 😭 #positconf #positconf26

I'm suffering because there are so many talks that I'm interested that are overlapping 😭 I'm grateful that @posit.co records all these talks so I can at least watch them later #positconf #positconf26

While also handling AI agents and other tools. It feels a little like blind leading the blind. I don't have a good answer and still figuring it out myself. 😐 #positconf #positconf26 3/3

Primarily because he's a senior dev but junior devs are in this transition period where their path is going to be radically different. What does our path look like/what should it look like? Because we're still developing those aspects of judgement and insight #positconf #positconf26 2/

Thoughts: it was a good talk! At the end though @wesmckinney.com said "he doesn't code anymore but he's never had more to do" which honestly felt a little saddening? #positconf #positconf26 1/

I'm giving my talk at posit::conf(2026) in about 20 minutes!

Talking about how we can make better slides for the data poeple
emilhvitfeldt.github.io/talk-quarto-...

I'm also releasing then quarto extension i used for the fragments used in the talk here github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto #positconf

Good point by @wesmckinney.com during the @posit.co #positconf keynote that calling AI agents “agents” give them … agency. But *we* should be the agents.

Context: loops refer to Ralph loops/Agentic loops.
Basically you make your AI agent loop through a problem with a new context session each time until it "finishes".
More specifics here: ghuntley.com/loop/
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@wesmckinney.com makes the case for a post-language landscape in the era of AI: is this the end of #RStats versus #python language wars?😋

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Out of context #positconf #positconf26

Day 3 of posit::conf(2026)! Change in keynote speaker so Wes McKinney (@wesmckinney.com) giving it instead! #positconf #positconf26

Me, at #positconf: "Yes, I too have found AI transformative for my #RStats workflow!"

The actual workflow: perfectly looping animated gifs.

We're now at 176 Bluesky posts with the #positconf2026 #positconf and/or #positcon26 hashtag(s)
Shiny app to search and sort them all:
apps.machlis.com/shiny/positc...
#RStats #RShiny

Phew! Just in the nick of time! It's a #positconf miracle! #RStats

Sadly @hadley.nz did not dress up for the theme 😔 #positconf #positconf26

Impact Awards tonight! @jonthegeek.com got one for his work! #positconf #positconf26

*stares in residual 2024 election night trauma* #positconf #positconf26

@christinezhang.bsky.social KILLING IT as a keynote speaker for #positconf