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In this post I will show you how to run an R script on heroku every day. This is a continuation of my previous post on tweeting a death from wikidata. Why would I want to run a script on heroku? It is extremely simple, you don’t need to ... [Read more...]

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You should make more useless packages. To be more specific: make packages that are useful to you, but might be useless to others. Because building silly stuff is fun and sets the bar low for you to play and learn. I’m a big fan of Simone Giertz (see all ... [Read more...]

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tldr: I created an open dataset for the explicit practice of data munging. Feel free to use it in assignments, but do mention where you got it from (CC-by-4.0). Also unicorns are awesome. Find the dataset at: https://github.com/RMHogervorst/unicorns_on_unicycles Data munging / cleaning / engineering At work ... [Read more...]

tldr: I created an open dataset for the explicit practice of data munging. Feel free to use it in assignments, but do mention where you got it from (CC-by-4.0). Also unicorns are awesome. Find the dataset at: https://github.com/RMHogervorst/unico... [Read more...]

This is a very short post with example code Over time when you move your shiny app from your computer to a server, you want to add some logging. Generally logging is defined in levels : INFO (everything you want to print), WARNING (it does not stop the application, but it ... [Read more...]

This is a very short post with example code Over time when you move your shiny app from your computer to a server, you want to add some logging. Generally logging is defined in levels : INFO (everything you want to print), WARNING (it does not sto... [Read more...]

Last week I set up a shiny server, it was relatively easy! But I wanted something more, a way to make changes on my local computer and push it to the server. Shiny server (I used the open source version) has multiple installers provided by RStudi... [Read more...]

Last week I set up a shiny server, it was relatively easy! But I wanted something more, a way to make changes on my local computer and push it to the server. Shiny server (I used the open source version) has multiple installers provided by RStudio. The installers for shiny-server ... [Read more...]

I love making maps, I also love making gifs. In this short post I make an animated gif of parts of a map moving. In this case the parts of the map only move in the xy direction, but you can also turn them, and make them bigger or smaller. ... [Read more...]

I love making maps, I also love making gifs. In this short post I make an animated gif of parts of a map moving. In this case the parts of the map only move in the xy direction, but you can also turn them, and make them bigger or smaller. ... [Read more...]

Today a small tip for when you write rmarkdown documents. Add a chunk on top with abbreviations. in the first chunks you set the options and load the packages. Next create abbreviations, you don’t have to care about the ordering, just put them ... [Read more...]

Today a small tip for when you write rmarkdown documents. Add a chunk on top with abbreviations. in the first chunks you set the options and load the packages. Next create abbreviations, you don’t have to care about the ordering, just put them down as you realize you are ... [Read more...]