2026-07-26T04:43:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae Thomas Lin Pedersen https://nostr.ae/npub1dalq4wjrft5cmtq2r9l0c42t6v20lcd5djqa4q46prtldztskxjqlz7r8z https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/113/129/954/257/429/698/original/39affeb984386430.jpeg https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/113/129/954/257/429/698/original/39affeb984386430.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9q0cv4mm0gws5q6zxfx8y3y66uvv6hc98xkyqkcpjm3j5jr2rdjczyphhuz46gd9wnrdvpgvhalz4f0f3fllpk3kgrk5zhgyd0a5fwzc6g4r69y6 I am excited beyond description to lift the veil on what we have been working on in 2026:<br/><br/>Please meet ggsql! A new extension of the SQL language for creating visualisations using the grammar of graphics. Read all about it in the blog post <a href="https://opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04-20_ggsql_alpha_release/">https://opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04-20_ggsql_alpha_release/</a><br/><br/>ggsql has been created as a cross-team effort at <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1e58yd44r87n0et73trpqvjx03q4ten0gcez3avdst86gtdpc2rkqdwey66" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Posit</span> (<span class="italic">npub1e58…ey66</span>)</a></span> between me, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18q0f35pxu46fglxfdljrmnrejkqgufxsulsv63meg5xprvte986qy5ja80" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>George Stagg</span> (<span class="italic">npub18q0…ja80</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s0nxsr6gnvfgdzg7z4r986v80q3k6uyu4uzw5mgju2qnyhavkzxsquvs9c" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Teun van den Brand</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s0n…vs9c</span>)</a></span> and while still in alpha, we are super proud at what it can already do.<br/><br/>Please take it for a spin — we&#39;d love any feedback ❤️ 2026-04-20T14:46:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9x4v9jd4cdelehaf67thn38ax6rkk5wfqm62aq2gdzdw48s2halqzyphhuz46gd9wnrdvpgvhalz4f0f3fllpk3kgrk5zhgyd0a5fwzc6gax2z8x I&#39;ve been hard at work updating our entire text rendering stack in #RStats <br/><br/>Read about the relevant improvements in systemfonts, textshaping, and marquee in this rundown.<br/><br/>The tldr; is that marquee is now ready for primetime<br/><br/>Other large quality-of-life improvements are build-in support for web fonts and easier access to fonts that aren&#39;t installed on the system.<br/><br/>Put `require_font(&lt;font name&gt;)` in your script and it will fetch and load it if it isn&#39;t already available <br/><a href="https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/01/text-rendering-updates/">https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/01/text-rendering-updates/</a> 2025-01-21T08:46:51+01:00