Issue 2026-W32 Highlights

Orchestrating multiple package quality checking frameworks all within a single R package, and how learning in the world of AI has fundamentally shifted once you get over that initial hump (inspired by a quick quote from one of your hosts). Episode Links This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batoolmm.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @batool664 (X/Twitter) rsonar: The R equivalent of SonarQube - centralizes code quality analysis into a single interactive report Cognitive Courage: The Real Bottleneck to Learning AI Tools - Learning a new AI workflow no longer means studying it first. The platform you work in is the platform you learn in, and the only thing between you and your first skill is the nerve to say ‘I don’t know – show me.’ Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W32 Supplement Resources {rsonar} documentation https://ddotta.github.io/rsonar/ {rsonar} examples repository https://github.com/ddotta/rsonar-examples {rsonar} presentation (French) https://ddotta.github.io/rsonar_presentation/#/title-slide R Weekly Highlights episode 232 https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/r-weekly-highlights/232 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 Lost in a Nightmare - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Palpable - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03001