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Hm OK I just noticed the automatic git blame displayed in the status bar of Positron for wherever your cursor is. That's pretty cool.
#Positron #git #dataScience

The latest release of #Positron went out last week, and it is chock full of exciting stuff! 🤩 Check out the new Packages pane, inline output for Quarto, the new Posit Assistant interface, and more:

https://opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-05-11_positron-2026-05-release/

I'm checking out the new packages pane in our #Positron IDE. Python or #RStats. The little blue arrows mean package updates are available. Search, sort, install, update, remove, and filter by category. More cool metadata coming in a future release.

Is someone else having issues with #Positron using remote SSH? My #RStats sessions take FOR EVER to startup and the console has enormous latency and sometimes it just completely locks up and I need to close the whole session, sometimes even restart Positron completely.
Meanwhile, using R from the terminal via SSH works perfectly well. And VSCode using the normal R terminal also is working well.

Hard to really appreciate what RStudio does for R until you step outside of it. Positron is nice too, but still feels second-best. One can hope that #julialang and #rstats devs get together to make Julia a 1st class #Positron citizen. I’d make the switch permanently. #RCall #JuliaCall

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:35asdziyhgfyzwel3pzyhsvb/post/3missmvpm3c2c

https://www.europesays.com/at/78314/ Welt der Physik: Massenlücke bei Schwarzen Löchern #AT #Austria #Elektron #Gravitationswelle #KAGRA #LIGO #Österreich #Paarinstabilität #Positron #Science #Science&Technology #Sternentwicklung #Supernova #Technik #Technology #Virgo #Wissenschaft #Wissenschaft&Technik

@neilstats I’ve been finding productivity in running #R code in a literate programming style with #Quarto. Also, wanting to explore the new #Jupyter notebooks support in #Positron to see how an #EDA workflow might look like.

Positron 2026.03.0 is out — and it’s getting seriously good for real data workflows.

✨ Reliable step-by-step execution in R (finally!)
📄 Built-in PDF viewer (no more context switching)
📓 Notebook editor evolving: interactive data grids, better cell control, Jupyter-like UX

This is moving beyond “just an IDE” → toward an integrated data + analysis environment.
https://positron.posit.co/release-notes.html
#rstats #datascience #positron #quarto #ai

Nice integrated PDF viewer in the latest version of #Positron from @[email protected]! Now expand this to image files, too :-)

#ViernesDeEscritorio #opensuse #opensusetumbleweed #screenfetch #positron

For over a month I have been using #positron. In most cases it is pretty much living the dream of working with R and Python from the same directory simultaneously! I like how it handles Git. I also now have the full universe of VS Code extensions available! There are some little things that Rstudio still handles better. For example, some piped tidyverse code does not carry indents to the next line correctly for some reason. It can be used to develop shiny apps honestly easier than Rstudio, but it doesn't have the convenient shinyapps.io publishing GUI (I think?). I haven't done rMarkdown work with it yet, so I can't say whether they've achieved feature parity there. But it sure is convenient being able to work in both languages from one IDE!

The #Positron team has a new blog! ✨

Check out the first post, about a talk I recently gave for R-Ladies Abuja, and subscribe via email or RSS feed to stay up to date:

https://positron.posit.co/blog/posts/2026-03-05-outgrow-your-laptop/

Changed to ragg in RStudio and printed a 1080x720 png of the same plot in RStudio and Positron. They were both “not great” on my machine. Changed both to cairo via option(device=‘cairo’). Printed the same pngs. Much better. #Rstats #Positron

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:i3kttcfvatcgakyi7ddumbq6/post/3mbzagfmrqk2f

Could we get that #julialang thang for #positron already? I just want to experience it in a warm, comfortable space that I’m familiar with, and that has a better DS-vibe than standard VS Code.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kq4paxwakxpqlbuuom7jlfjz/post/3mfhyo2yq6s25

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/05/positron-raises-230m-series-b-1b-valuation-challenge-nvidia-xcxwbn/

Positron Raises $230M Series B at $1B+ Valuation to Challenge Nvidia

#AI #Positron #NVIDIA #AIChips #AIInference #Semiconductors #GPUMarket #AICompute

The latest monthly release of #Positron has a BRAND NEW editor for `.ipynb` available for early alpha testing! 📒

I am excited about what Positron is going to offer Jupyter notebook users in terms of truly "batteries included" IDE integration:

https://posit.co/blog/announcing-the-positron-notebook-editor-for-jupyter-notebooks/

Exciting update for #Jupyter and Notebook centric users in #Positron ! posit.co/blog/announc... #PositronIDE #PyData #DataBS

Announcing the Positron Notebo...

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/115942115576799737

I've been trying Positron for a while now, also because the programming course that precedes the data science course, uses VS Code.

Mixed feelings, to be honest.
+ Switching between R and Python is smooth
+ Python integration and interactive sessions works out of the box
+ flexible IDE

- (very) slow to start up
- code indentation is awkwardly full vertical, not like in RStudio
- Quarto workflow for books is more intuitive in RStudio (for me, for now)

#RStats #RStudio #Positron

@dantheclamman I've never come back to #Rstudio. The migration is totally worthy. I used pycharm for python because I have an academic license, but I also moved to #positron. Much more prepared for data science.

For those in the #rstats world, have you migrated from #rstudio to #positron? I am finally trying Positron; love the auto dark mode, which I previously had to use a script to do in rstudio. and it seems to be executing code fine using the here() package to point to files in a directory. What are your thoughts? Excited to see about Python where I was using a mix of the Rstudio/reticulate and Spyder that never worked the way I wanted.

If you use #positron #rstats and #duckdb I'd love to know what you think of this:

`duckdb-r-editor` a Positron extension for duckdb SQL code highlighting and completion within R files.

https://github.com/belian-earth/duckdb-r-editor

A big chunk of this has been vibe coded, I know this gets a bad rep on mastodon but this extension makes writing SQL in R so much nicer (for me at least) so in theory it'll mean I can use less AI from here on ...
✌️

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/115932018225462583

People looking at Positron from @Posit for use in data analysis and the classroom, it might be a good idea to set

task.allowAutomaticTasks: off

After some digging around, turns out this feature has been abused in the past.

#Rstats #Positron #Python

The latest release of #Positron has a TOTAL REVAMP of the integration to GitHub Copilot, which solves a ton of auth problems!

In this screencast, I walk through how to set up Positron Assistant 🤖 to use GitHub Copilot as a model provider:

https://youtu.be/T8dCQ6iIFXo

So today I vibe coded a #positron /vscode extension to detect SQL strings (in R scripts) called by {DBI} and other common packages with functions that call SQL strings, it then provides code completion/suggestions. It also has super buggy code highlighting. Oh and it only really works with #duckdb. It's so rough right now but I feel like it would be amazingly useful if it worked well, does anything like this already exist / can someone build a stable version of it please 🤣 ? #rstats #posit

So today I vibe coded a #positron /vscode extension to detect SQL strings (in R scripts) called by {DBI} and other common packages with functions that call SQL strings, it then provides code completion/suggestions. It also has super buggy code highlighting. Oh and it only really works with #duckdb. It's so rough right now but I feel like it would be amazingly useful if it worked well, does anything like this already exist / can someone build a stable version of it please 🤣 ? #rstats #posit

So today I vibe coded a #positron /vscode extension to detect SQL strings (in R scripts) called by {DBI} and other common packages with functions that call SQL strings, it then provides code completion/suggestions. It also has super buggy code highlighting. Oh and it only really works with #duckdb. It's so rough right now but I feel like it would be amazingly useful if it worked well, does anything like this already exist / can someone build a stable version of it please 🤣 ? #rstats #posit

So today I vibe coded a #positron /vscode extension to detect SQL strings (in R scripts) called by {DBI} and other common packages with functions that call SQL strings, it then provides code completion/suggestions. It also has super buggy code highlighting. Oh and it only really works with #duckdb. It's so rough right now but I feel like it would be amazingly useful if it worked well, does anything like this already exist / can someone build a stable version of it please 🤣 ? #rstats #posit

So today I vibe coded a #positron /vscode extension to detect SQL strings (in R scripts) called by {DBI} and other common packages with functions that call SQL strings, it then provides code completion/suggestions. It also has super buggy code highlighting. Oh and it only really works with #duckdb. It's so rough right now but I feel like it would be amazingly useful if it worked well, does anything like this already exist / can someone build a stable version of it please 🤣 ? #rstats #posit

Ah yes, because what the world desperately needed was another #IDE to migrate to, called #Positron, no less. 🤦‍♂️ Just in case you were missing the thrill of overcomplicating #data #science with yet another 'next-gen' solution, don't worry, Positron's got your back (and your headaches). 😅
https://posit.co/blog/positron-migration-guides #software #development #headaches #nextgen #HackerNews #ngated

Migrating to Positron, a next-generation data science IDE for Python and R

https://posit.co/blog/positron-migration-guides

#HackerNews #Migrating #to #Positron #data #science #IDE #Python #R #PositronMigration

Great Q from @smachlis.bsky.social in @posit.co hangout: "How can I see token usage in Positron Assistant?" For providers that track tokens, we display in Chat and Positron Assistant icon on the right of the Status Bar. Image from pending 2025.11.0 release #RStats #Pydata #DataBS #Positron

#MPP:
"
Die Entstehungsgeschichte des Universums: Der Blick zurück an den Anfang
"
".. neue Möglichkeiten .. wie .. Anfänge des Kosmos künftig erforschen ..: Mit Signalen, die uns von gewaltigen Explosionen im sehr frühen Universum bis in die heutige Zeit erreichen."

https://www.mpp.mpg.de/aktuelles/meldungen/die-entstehungsgeschichte-des-universums-der-blick-zurueck-an-den-anfang

16.10.2025

#Antimaterie #Astrophysik #CMB #Energie #Explosion #Kosmologie #Neutrino #NiedrigenergetischerNeutrinoHintergrund #Positron #Röntgenstrahlung #Universum

#MPP:
"
Die Entstehungsgeschichte des Universums: Der Blick zurück an den Anfang
"
".. neue Möglichkeiten .. wie .. Anfänge des Kosmos künftig erforschen ..: Mit Signalen, die uns von gewaltigen Explosionen im sehr frühen Universum bis in die heutige Zeit erreichen."

https://www.mpp.mpg.de/aktuelles/meldungen/die-entstehungsgeschichte-des-universums-der-blick-zurueck-an-den-anfang

16.10.2025

#Antimaterie #Astrophysik #CMB #Energie #Explosion #Kosmologie #Neutrino #NiedrigenergetischerNeutrinoHintergrund #Positron #Röntgenstrahlung #Universum

#MPP:
"
Die Entstehungsgeschichte des Universums: Der Blick zurück an den Anfang
"
".. neue Möglichkeiten .. wie .. Anfänge des Kosmos künftig erforschen ..: Mit Signalen, die uns von gewaltigen Explosionen im sehr frühen Universum bis in die heutige Zeit erreichen."

https://www.mpp.mpg.de/aktuelles/meldungen/die-entstehungsgeschichte-des-universums-der-blick-zurueck-an-den-anfang

16.10.2025

#Antimaterie #Astrophysik #CMB #Energie #Explosion #Kosmologie #Neutrino #NiedrigenergetischerNeutrinoHintergrund #Positron #Röntgenstrahlung #Universum

#MPP:
"
Die Entstehungsgeschichte des Universums: Der Blick zurück an den Anfang
"
".. neue Möglichkeiten .. wie .. Anfänge des Kosmos künftig erforschen ..: Mit Signalen, die uns von gewaltigen Explosionen im sehr frühen Universum bis in die heutige Zeit erreichen."

https://www.mpp.mpg.de/aktuelles/meldungen/die-entstehungsgeschichte-des-universums-der-blick-zurueck-an-den-anfang

16.10.2025

#Antimaterie #Astrophysik #CMB #Energie #Explosion #Kosmologie #Neutrino #NiedrigenergetischerNeutrinoHintergrund #Positron #Röntgenstrahlung #Universum

#MPP:
"
Die Entstehungsgeschichte des Universums: Der Blick zurück an den Anfang
"
".. neue Möglichkeiten .. wie .. Anfänge des Kosmos künftig erforschen ..: Mit Signalen, die uns von gewaltigen Explosionen im sehr frühen Universum bis in die heutige Zeit erreichen."

https://www.mpp.mpg.de/aktuelles/meldungen/die-entstehungsgeschichte-des-universums-der-blick-zurueck-an-den-anfang

16.10.2025

#Antimaterie #Astrophysik #CMB #Energie #Explosion #Kosmologie #Neutrino #NiedrigenergetischerNeutrinoHintergrund #Positron #Röntgenstrahlung #Universum

🤔 Curious about Positron, the next-gen open-source data science IDE from Posit?

R-Ladies Gaborone hosted with @ivelasq3 from @Posit for “Positron for RStudio Users.”

🎥 Watch: https://youtu.be/2fOQzgkxi6g

💬 Join: https://www.meetup.com/rladies-gaborone/events/311167479/

#RLadies #rstats #DataScience #Community #Positron

I have used #SpyderIDE since 2017. It is what I learned to code #Python on and I love the workflow.

However, I realize that it is limited in comparison to many other IDEs. As a result I've tried many alternatives in hope of being able to migrate to something better and learn new tricks, but nothing's been just right. I got VSCode the closest, but it refused to cross the finish line.

I had nearly given up, but then I heard of #Positron, and after the first try I knew I had found the one!

#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Louis Sullivan (1856) - American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism".

Birth Anniversary of physicist Carl David Anderson (1905) - best known for his discovery of the #Positron in 1932 and #Muon in 1936.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

Announcing #Positron, the #IDE that promises to #revolutionize #data #science by letting you use... wait for it... #Python and R! 🎉 Because clearly, what was missing from the world of data science was yet another platform to write "Hello, World!" in 15 different languages. 🤦‍♂️
https://posit.co/blog/positron-product-announcement-aug-2025/ #R #tech #news #HackerNews #ngated

Announcing #Positron, the #IDE that promises to #revolutionize #data #science by letting you use... wait for it... #Python and R! 🎉 Because clearly, what was missing from the world of data science was yet another platform to write "Hello, World!" in 15 different languages. 🤦‍♂️
https://posit.co/blog/positron-product-announcement-aug-2025/ #R #tech #news #HackerNews #ngated

Announcing #Positron, the #IDE that promises to #revolutionize #data #science by letting you use... wait for it... #Python and R! 🎉 Because clearly, what was missing from the world of data science was yet another platform to write "Hello, World!" in 15 different languages. 🤦‍♂️
https://posit.co/blog/positron-product-announcement-aug-2025/ #R #tech #news #HackerNews #ngated

Announcing #Positron, the #IDE that promises to #revolutionize #data #science by letting you use... wait for it... #Python and R! 🎉 Because clearly, what was missing from the world of data science was yet another platform to write "Hello, World!" in 15 different languages. 🤦‍♂️
https://posit.co/blog/positron-product-announcement-aug-2025/ #R #tech #news #HackerNews #ngated

I'm excited to speak this afternoon at #useR2025 on outgrowing your laptop with #Positron for #rstats users! :rstats:

You can check out my slides at https://juliasilge.github.io/useR-2025/

I'm excited to speak this afternoon at #useR2025 on outgrowing your laptop with #Positron for #rstats users! :rstats:

You can check out my slides at https://juliasilge.github.io/useR-2025/

I'm excited to speak this afternoon at #useR2025 on outgrowing your laptop with #Positron for #rstats users! :rstats:

You can check out my slides at https://juliasilge.github.io/useR-2025/

I'm excited to speak this afternoon at #useR2025 on outgrowing your laptop with #Positron for #rstats users! :rstats:

You can check out my slides at https://juliasilge.github.io/useR-2025/

I'm excited to speak this afternoon at #useR2025 on outgrowing your laptop with #Positron for #rstats users! :rstats:

You can check out my slides at https://juliasilge.github.io/useR-2025/

Using #Positron with my #RandomWalker and #TidyDensity packages to visualize 2000 Empirical Bootstraps of mtcars mpg #R #RStats

In #Positron does anyone know how to get code coloring to work? Mine shows up white when in source and I don't like it. #Positron #Rmd #CodeColor