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Announcing yaml12: High-speed YAML 1.2 for #RStats & #Python 🐫
Built entirely in Rust, get up to 2x faster in R and 50x faster in Python vs. defaults, tag evaluation (like code execution) is opt-in, and strict YAML 1.2 compliance for consistent data.
Learn more: https://tidyverse.org/blog/2026/01/yaml12-0-1-0/
🆕 pandoc 3.9 🎉🚀
• Official support for wasm (WebAssembly), allowing to run pandoc in the browser,
• the *alerts* extension is now available in the pandoc Markdown flavor,
• support for defaults files using JSON instead of YAML,
• extension of `${.}` vars in the `defaults` field, making it easier to base defaults files on other defaults,
• method to run Lua code with a modified pandoc state,
• and much more
Many thanks to all who contributed!
New post: the design behind secretbase, a 40KB streaming hash package I maintain.
The entire source package is smaller than most hex sticker PNGs. It's one thing, done well - with no dependencies beyond base R.
Hash large R objects and files with constant memory footprint. Powering targets pipelines. Now also brings CBOR encoding to R.
dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited!
- `filter_out()` for dropping rows
- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools
These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!
“pandoc for the people”, the pandoc wasm web-app, is now available at https://pandoc.org/app/
It allows to run any kind of document conversion that pandoc supports in the browser. The documents never leave the computer, thus ensuring *full privacy*.
Conversions to pdf are done via Typst.
Ukraine is where despot empires break - from Napoleon to Hitler to Putin, Ukraine is the battlefield where things are decided.
Giorgio reviews the history with many maps and clarity, the type of reporting we no longer find in the USA.
Support his work and the people of Ukraine by sharing the friend link to bypass the paywall:
https://medium.com/@giorgioprovinciali/where-empires-break-from-napoleon-to-putin-ukraine-has-resisted-russia-longer-than-it-ever-fought-4945e5b1f6e2?sk=107af3ee515cacfb2fd6302d6cff3468
#ukraine #journalism #hero #history #maps #russia #russiaisATerroristState #genocide #warcrimes #USA #trump #shame
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