Maintaining an open source package is rewarding work, but it’s also a lot of work.Life and careers change, interests shift, and sometimes you simply don’t have the time or energy to keep working on your R package (and that’s okay! 1 ).When that happens, one of the most responsible things you can do for package users, and for yourself, is to proactively look for a new maintainer or
Mantener un paquete de código abierto es un trabajo gratificante, pero también es mucho trabajo.La vida y las carreras cambian, los intereses cambian, y a veces simplemente no tienes tiempo o energía para seguir trabajando en tu paquete R (¡y no pasa nada!). 1 ).Cuando eso ocurra, una de las cosas más responsables que puedes hacer por las personas que usuan tu paquete, y por ti mismo, es buscar
Whether this is your first conference talk or your fiftieth, we’re looking for speakers from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels
Why learner support is the heart of an effective program If you are designing an online or blended program for busy professionals, the single most powerful lever you control is how you support learners.
I saw a fun video on YouTube recently in which some runners attempted to do two parkruns in one day. I don’t mean run the same parkrun course twice, I mean they ran one parkrun at one course and then drove to a different course and ran that one too.
With the production process rapidly evolving, science policy must consider how institutions could evolve
This month, two MMWR reports highlighted three human rabies deaths in the United States.
En el marco del llamado abierto al Programa de Campeon(a|e)s de rOpenSci 2026 —cuarta cohorte global y segunda cohorte en español— realizamos una nueva edición de Conversaciones con la comunidad.En esta oportunidad, Yanina Bellini Saibene moderó un encuentro con Erik Navarro, Diana García y Luis Verde Arregoitia, quienes compartieron sus experiencias como campeon(a|e)s y mentor(a|e)s del programa, los aprendizajes obtenidos y las oportunidades
This morning, Kathleen Fitzpatrick drew my attention to a Mastodon post by Babette Knauer about plans for the University of Groningen to get away from Big Tech. The article itself is well worth a read, with ambitious approaches to digital independence. I had some not-very-original thoughts on it.
If you read Paired Ends because you care about how biology, technology, and society co-evolve, this story was written for you.
