@mikeksmith.bsky.social
Professional geek and data scientist. Also makes generative, ambient music. Still a good egg.
@nrennie.bsky.socialReposted by @mikeksmith.bsky.socialI don't think he's on Bluesky, but I really enjoyed this write up of EARL conference ideas by Matthew Gwynfryn Thomas.
"Hospitality is all about going the extra mile for your guests. [...] What might it look like to bring that same spirit of hospitality into the world of data and insight?"
@mikeksmith.bsky.social“If you write more comments than code, you should use Rmarkdown (or Quarto). If you write more code than comments then you should write more comments and use Rmarkdown.” - MikeKSmith (2019). Corollary: if your workflow is complex you should use Targets and Quarto.
@jonthegeek.comReposted by @mikeksmith.bsky.social@mikeksmith.bsky.socialIf you’re looking for learning communities then the Tidy Tuesday community is an ideal to practice your hands-on with data along with many others. HT @jonthegeek.com for leading online learning communities for MANY years… github.com/rfordatascie...
@mikeksmith.bsky.socialUnfortunately not… You’ll just have to imagine my witty repartee
@mikeksmith.bsky.socialDocumentation tells *people* how to use your code, package, etc. For the love of all that is Holy, PLEASE write documentation for *people*, NOT AI. Again, less time coding *should* mean more time writing documentation. So let’s try to improve that aspect.
@mikeksmith.bsky.socialUI and UX is about how *people* interact with your web app, dashboard, or product. If it takes less time to build that now, *HOPEFULLY* we can spend more time thinking about UI/UX aspects to make that experience better…
@mikeksmith.bsky.socialIt’s *people* who write blog posts, curate helpful resources, and make podcasts about it all… @rpodcast.bsky.social , @nrennie.bsky.social , @masalmon.eu , @emilyriederer.bsky.social , @posit.co
@mikeksmith.bsky.socialAfter all, it’s *people* who develop R, who govern and review packages for CRAN (who keep the standards high and prevent AI slop!), it’s *people* who develop and maintain open-source packages.
@mikeksmith.bsky.socialI gave a Keynote presentation at the #EARL2026 conference yesterday talking about the need for *people* while we’re all excited about AI. People and communities have always been important in open-source but I think they’re even more important now.
@mikeksmith.bsky.socialReally nice to get to chat and hang out with you during the conference @nrennie.bsky.social Safe travel home and hope to catch up with at EdinburghR soon.
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@mikeksmith.bsky.socialI saw an Insta reel today that said that actually the Suno AI output is now *WORSE* because major labels are insisting that their (copyrighted) music is not included in the Suno training dataset. :taps watch: time for Suno’s AI music model to be launched into the sun.
@mikeksmith.bsky.social“Why aren’t you at your post?”
@mikeksmith.bsky.socialWas having a week of serious post-Posit::Conf comedown, but a few very positive things are in the pipeline musically, which is really encouraging. Starts tomorrow with the Ableton Sunday Session at GLOSS, the visiting my musical buddy Ali on Monday.
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@mikeksmith.bsky.socialI wish I could have interesting hallway conversations like I did at posit::conf back here at the office. But my only co-worker is my Labrador, Teddy. His opinions are a bit limited to tasty treats, interesting walks and what’s for dinner. #workingRemotely
@rconsortium.bsky.socialReposted by @mikeksmith.bsky.socialWhat does it take to sustain R?
Join R Consortium, R Core & R Foundation Oct 6 to discuss the people, infrastructure & community behind R.
12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM London
Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/sus...
