26 October 2022

On Being Reliable

For many of us, adulthood comes with new sources of responsibilities. As a kid, it didn’t take much coordination to stay on top of a handful of classes or social groups that had expectations of me. But as an adult, I quickly discovered that new responsibilities seemingly emerge daily – each with different levels of urgency. There are things that I have to do today: pick up the kids, finish up the project I told my boss I’d get done, or pay that bill that’s due. Then there’s a class of things that I really should do soon: the yard’s overgrown and needs mowing, I need to decide on a strategy for the big project at work, and I keep putting off getting my flu shot. Then there are other things that are longer-term goals that I really want to make time for: I’d like to get a better handle on our finances, exercise more regularly, or learn to play guitar.

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04 December 2017

Announcing the Plumber v0.4.4 Release

Plumber is a package which allows you to create web APIs from your R code. If you're new to Plumber, you can find out more at www.rplumber.io.

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20 July 2017

Preparing for the Plumber v0.4.0 Release

Plumber is a package which allows you to create web APIs from your R code. If you're new to Plumber, you can take a look at www.rplumber.io to learn more about how to use the package to create your APIs.

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09 March 2016

EigenCoder: Programming Stereotypes

There are a lot of stereotypes in the programming community. "Swift is used by a bunch of bearded hipsters." "C++ is for old people." "No one likes coding in Java." Well it turns out that some of these might be true.

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