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Apr 17, 2026 37 min

Issue 2026-W16 Highlights

from R Weekly Highlights Hosted by Eric Nantz

After an unexpected break we are back with a new episode of R Weekly Highlights! If you thought the easiest way to create pivot tables was in Excel, the a new package just might change your perspective. Plus how you can pull the strings for a multi-agent LLM workflow with the new puppeteeR package. Episode Links This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batoolmm.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @batool664 (X/Twitter) perspectiveR: Interactive Pivot Tables and Charts from R puppeteeR - orchestrate multiple LLM agents into coordinated workflows Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W16 Supplement Resources Perspective upstream library https://perspective-dev.github.io You can just build your own programming language https://brodrigues.co/posts/2026-04-03-tproject.html {gglite} https://pkg.yihui.org/gglite/ Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedback R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index. A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social media Eric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter) Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix A flea and his giant - Mega Man X: Maverick Rising - Chuck Dietz - https://maverick.ocremix.org/music.php

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Issue 2026-W16 Highlights

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  1. 2:20 Pivot tables with perspectiveR
  2. 12:23 Agent orchestration with puppeteeR
  3. 32:42 Additional Finds
  4. 35:21 Episode Wrapup

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