Summary notes about R, Shiny, SQL, Python, Linux and C++

R 4.5.1 - Batteries Included

Windows

OpenBLAS

R 4.5.1 installer for Windows with OpenBLAS and Rtools included

Oct 30, 2025

¿Qué es el Índice de Gini y cómo calcularlo?

D3po

wbstats

Una guía para entender y calcular el Índice de Gini en R

Oct 30, 2025

An update to Open Trade Statistics to showcase Tabler and D3po

Shiny

Tabler

D3po

Showcasing D3po groups and subgroups for data visualization

Oct 28, 2025

Tabler 0.1.0 is here!

Shiny

Tabler

Tabler Dashboard implementation for R/Shiny

Oct 27, 2025

Using D3po with Tabler

Shiny

Tabler

D3po

D3po+Tabler demo

Oct 27, 2025

D3po 1.0.0 is here!

Shiny

D3po

It only took me five years

Oct 18, 2025

A Personal Message from an Open Source Contributor

Shiny

C++

Dear fellow developers and data scientists…

Oct 16, 2025

cpp4r is now on CRAN!

C++

R Packages

cpp4r

The cpp4r package aims to help users to interact with R objects using C++ code.

Oct 16, 2025

Add a test coverage badge to your R packages using GitHub Actions

R Packages

GitHub

Generate a test coverage badge for your R packages using GitHub Actions without needing a separate service like Codecov or Coveralls.

Oct 10, 2025

Double y-axis plots with ggplot2 and purrr

ggplot2

purrr

Scaling data to create double y-axis plots.

Oct 3, 2025

R Para Ciencia de Datos - Explorar - Visualización de datos

R4DS

ggplot2

Lectura guiada del capítulo 3 de ‘R Para Ciencia de Datos’.

Sep 30, 2025

Introducing cpp4r: A C++ Interface for R’s C Interface

C++

R Packages

cpp4r

The cpp4r package aims to help users to interact with R objects using C++ code.

Sep 29, 2025

Spurious Correlations in R - Correlation is not Causation

ggplot2

R Packages

Statistics

Education

The spuriouscorrelations package aims to help educators to explain why correlation does not imply causation.

Sep 27, 2025

Creating a simple R package with C++ code to sum “a + b” using different data types

C++

cpp11

R Packages

This video covers the basics of R and C++ syntax.

Sep 26, 2025

Creating a simple R package with C++ code to sum “a + b” using different data types

C++

cpp11

R Packages

A tutorial on creating a simple R package that includes C++ code for a basic operation (video).

Sep 24, 2025

A Personal Message from an Open Source Contributor

Shiny

C++

Dear fellow developers and data scientists…

Sep 23, 2025

Creating a simple R package with C++ code to sum “a + b”

C++

cpp11

R Packages

A tutorial on creating a simple R package that includes C++ code for a basic operation (video).

Sep 23, 2025

Open Trade Statistics v6.0 is publicly available!

REST API

International Trade

Expanded database including 2023 trade flows and redesigned dashboard.

Sep 22, 2025

My first GitHub Actions extension: A tool to apply Clang format to C++ code

C++

GitHub

Apply Clang linting to C++ code in GitHub Actions and ammend pushed commits.

Sep 19, 2025

wbstats is back on CRAN

CRAN

International Trade

Search and download data from the World Bank Data API.

Sep 14, 2025

How much can President Trump’s Tariffs Impact Canadian Households?

C++

SQL

International Trade

An exploratory analysis of the potential effects of President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian households using simple plots and percentages.

Sep 12, 2025

The ‘Tanakh’ R package

Non-English datasets

An R package for accessing the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) with English and Hebrew text.

Sep 12, 2025

Forced Disappearances in Chile (1973-1989)

ggplot2

Lest we forget.

Sep 11, 2025

Creating a simple R package with C++ code to sum “x + 1”

C++

cpp11

R Packages

A tutorial on creating a simple R package that includes C++ code for a basic operation (video).

Sep 10, 2025

Installing RStudio and Positron on Manjaro Linux

Linux

Rstudio

Manjaro

Positron

Installers to keep track of the RStudio and Positron installation on Manjaro Linux.

Sep 7, 2025

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