Issue 2026-W04 Highlights

The inside story of how Claude Code with the proper scope provided a massive boost to drafting hundreds of pull requests, and debunking the myth on settling for compromises when prioritizing accessibility principles as demonstrated by a prominent leader in the visualization space. Plus we address candid feedback on last week's discussion on the tinyshinyserver package.


Episode Links

• This week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)
• Semi-automating 200 Pull Requests with Claude Code
• How to create a more accessible line chart
• Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W04

Supplement Resources

• Risk Conference hosted by the R Consortium (February 18-19, 2026) https://rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website/

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