Blog – Dr Nic Crane

Using ChatGPT as a Code Tutor: A One-Hour Learning Experiment

R

AI

There’s a lot of advice out there at the moment about using LLMs for code generation, but something I’ve been curious about is using LLMs for learning around code.

Iterating on an app to create social media posts generating package using {shiny} and {ellmer}

R

AI

I recently posted about a repo I created containing a Shiny app which allows users to generate social media posts to promote blog posts, using {shiny} and {ellmer}.

Generating social media posts to promote blog posts with {shiny} and {ellmer}

R

AI

Writing blog posts is fun, but the next step, getting people to actually read them, can be trickier. I wanted to promote a recent blog post I co-authored for R-Ladies, but…

Monitoring R Package Updates with Github Actions

R

GitHub Actions

As maintainer of the Arrow R package, there are a few packages I want to keep up to date with, so I can make sure that our bindings continue to be compatible with the latest…

R package documentation - what makes a good example?

R

Python

I’m currently working on adding to the documentation of the arrow R package, and I’ve started thinking about the qualities of good examples. Specifically, I’m referring to…