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Nan Xiao 肖楠

@nanxstats

Statistician | Co-author of https://xitter.gq/t.co/ZK1Bw0BZqf + https://xitter.gq/t.co/ACLVwgjBlg | Opinions = Mine

 North Wales, PA
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Joined January 2010
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My all-time favorite R function: is.nan()
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shinygenui: Generative UI for Shiny nanx.me/blog/post/shinygenui… #rstats
shinygenui: Generative UI for Shiny

shinygenui: Generative UI for Shiny

shinygenui brings generative UI to Shiny. Give a language model a catalog of trusted components, and it can build and revise an interactive interface as people describe what they need.

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okr: Reproducible R source context for coding agents nanx.me/blog/post/okr/
okr: Reproducible R source context for coding agents

okr: Reproducible R source context for coding agents

Vendor exact R package sources and reference repositories into a greppable, verifiable tree for coding agents.

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Żmij for R: Floating-point to string conversion with round-trip guarantees nanx.me/blog/post/zmij-r/
Żmij for R: Floating-point to string conversion with round-trip guarantees

Żmij for R: Floating-point to string conversion with round-trip guarantees

zmij converts doubles to the shortest decimal strings that parse back to exactly the same values. It brings Victor Zverovich's fast dtoa algorithm to R via Rust and extendr.

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Introducing ggsci for Rust nanx.me/blog/post/ggsci-rs/
Introducing ggsci for Rust

Introducing ggsci for Rust

ggsci is now available for Rust: a core crate with the full collection of scientific journal and sci-fi themed color palettes, plus adapters that turn them into Ratatui styles and ggsql scale...

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Building a Homebrew tap to distribute my software nanx.me/blog/post/homebrew-t…
Building a Homebrew tap to distribute my software

Building a Homebrew tap to distribute my software

I built a Homebrew tap that distributes my fonts and CLI tools, so you can install everything with brew install. Here is why I made it, what's inside, and some honest notes on the Homebrew developer...

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Introducing bisectrunk: Parallel Git bisection for real-world regressions nanx.me/blog/post/bisectrunk…
Introducing bisectrunk: Parallel Git bisection for real-world regressions

Introducing bisectrunk: Parallel Git bisection for real-world regressions

bisectrunk is a Rust CLI for parallel Git bisection of real-world software regressions. It treats every candidate commit as an isolated, cached, resumable experiment, so you can trace a behavior...

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Two small Python automation tools: asciilint and playwright-byob nanx.me/blog/post/asciilint-…
Two small Python automation tools: asciilint and playwright-byob

Two small Python automation tools: asciilint and playwright-byob

I'm happy to share two new Python tools: asciilint, a minimal, CI-friendly CLI for character policy checks in text files, and playwright-byob, a tiny helper for launching Playwright against the...

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Anthrosevka Mono: Custom Iosevka build inspired by Anthropic Mono nanx.me/blog/post/anthrosevk…
Anthrosevka Mono: Custom Iosevka build inspired by Anthropic Mono

Anthrosevka Mono: Custom Iosevka build inspired by Anthropic Mono

A custom Iosevka build inspired by the look and feel of Anthropic Mono.

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ggsci 5.0.0 and py-ggsci 2.0.0: Generative Color Scales from Gephi nanx.me/blog/post/ggsci-5-0-…
ggsci 5.0.0 and py-ggsci 2.0.0: Generative Color Scales from Gephi

ggsci 5.0.0 and py-ggsci 2.0.0: Generative Color Scales from Gephi

ggsci 5.0.0 introduces generative color palettes from Gephi. Instead of a fixed list of colors, you get a recipe: define the mood, ask for as many colors as you need, and the palette grows with your...

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Why AI feels useless at work nanx.me/blog/post/why-ai-fee…
Why AI Feels Useless at Work

Why AI Feels Useless at Work

AI feels useless at work for the same reason computers felt useless in the 1990s: the workflows haven't caught up with the technology.

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Becoming a vibe maintainer nanx.me/blog/post/vibe-maint…
Becoming a Vibe Maintainer

Becoming a Vibe Maintainer

I started using AI agents to maintain the awesome-shiny-extensions list: a case study in taste, harness engineering, and the surprising elegance of letting go.

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Introducing pytest-r-snapshot: Verifying Python code against R outputs at scale nanx.me/blog/post/pytest-r-s…
Introducing pytest-r-snapshot: Verifying Python code against R outputs at scale

Introducing pytest-r-snapshot: Verifying Python code against R outputs at scale

pytest-r-snapshot is a pytest plugin for snapshot testing Python code against reference outputs from R. It enables a portable workflow where you record snapshots locally with R, then replay them...

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Reverse dependency checking {data.table} now only takes 2 hours 44 minutes on a 256-core cloud instance: nanx.me/blog/post/revdeprun-… #rstats #rust
revdeprun 2.1.0: hunting bottlenecks and a new speedrun record

revdeprun 2.1.0: hunting bottlenecks and a new speedrun record

revdeprun 2.1.0 tackles three bottlenecks in the reverse dependency checking workflow: pak's install scheduler, tarball downloads, and package builds. The result? A new speedrun record: 2 hours 44...

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DM Mono with Fira Code ligatures nanx.me/blog/post/dm-mono-li…
DM Mono with Fira Code ligatures

DM Mono with Fira Code ligatures

Add a sprinkle of Fira Code ligatures to DM Mono for a unique terminal experience.

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Reverse dependency check speedrun: a data.table case study nanx.me/blog/post/revdep-spe… #rstats
Reverse dependency check speedrun: a data.table case study

Reverse dependency check speedrun: a data.table case study

How fast can you run reverse dependency checks for a package with 1700+ reverse dependencies? I put revdeprun to the test with data.table on a 48-core cloud instance. Here is what I learned about...

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revdeprun: Rust CLI for R package reverse dependency check automation nanx.me/blog/post/revdeprun/
revdeprun: Rust CLI for R package reverse dependency check automation

revdeprun: Rust CLI for R package reverse dependency check automation

revdeprun is a Rust CLI tool that makes running reverse dependency checks on cloud instances as easy as a single command. Learn why this matters for R package maintainers and how it can save you...

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ggsci 4.0.0: 400+ new color palettes nanx.me/blog/post/ggsci-4-0-… #rstats
ggsci 4.0.0: 400+ new color palettes

ggsci 4.0.0: 400+ new color palettes

ggsci 4.0.0 is here, with over 400 new color palettes from Primer, Atlassian, and iTerm2-Color-Schemes to bring more options to your ggplot2 data visualizations.

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Introducing py-ggsci: ggsci color palettes for plotnine in Python nanx.me/blog/post/ggsci-pyth…
Introducing py-ggsci: ggsci color palettes for plotnine in Python

Introducing py-ggsci: ggsci color palettes for plotnine in Python

Bring publication-ready color palettes to your Python plots with py-ggsci. This new package ports the popular ggsci palettes from R to plotnine and makes it easy to create beautiful, professional...

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Markdown Stupefy: Tidy AI Text in VS Code nanx.me/blog/post/vscode-mar…
Markdown Stupefy: Tidy AI Text in VS Code

Markdown Stupefy: Tidy AI Text in VS Code

Markdown Stupefy is a VS Code extension that converts smart punctuation to ASCII, removes emojis, and tidies trailing whitespace so AI-generated text is easy to edit and diff.

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A small vibe coding experiment with Claude Code nanx.me/blog/post/claude-cod…
Refactoring the GPU Selector App with Claude Code: A Vibe Coding Experiment

Refactoring the GPU Selector App with Claude Code: A Vibe Coding Experiment

I rebuilt my deep learning GPU selector app using Claude Code, and here is what I learned from this small vibe coding experiment.

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