Rico Mariani, a long-time performance engineer at Microsoft, coined the idea of the pit of success. A system has a pit of success when the natural, lazy way of using it leads to good outcomes. You don’t need heroics or perfect memory. You fall into the right result, and climbing out to do something wrong […]
[This article was first published on R Works, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don’t. There has been an explosion of package/environment/platform managers in the R ecosystem […]
[This article was first published on R some blog, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don’t. Pipeline setup pipeflow builds a pipeline by adding one R function […]
September 29, 2026 at 5:56 pm, No comments AV product library software helps professionals quickly find, compare, and manage AV equipment in one place, simplifying product selection, system design, rack layouts, and BOM creation. If you’ve spent hours toggling between manufacturer websites, spreadsheets, and PDF spec sheets just to find the right amplifier or DSP […]
The North American Bioconductor Conference 2026 (([BioC2026])( took place from August 10-12, 2026, at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. The conference brought together researchers, developers, educators, and community members to explore current developments within and beyond the Bioconductor project. BioC2026 welcomed 108 attendees, with 70 participating in person and 38 joining virtually. […]
Streaks are one of the few product mechanisms used to achieve widespread adoption. You’ve probably encountered a streak counter while learning a language, tracking workouts, contributing to open-source projects, or even developing a daily journaling habit. Product teams love streaks because they’re simple, easy to understand, and often effective. Executives and investors value the engagement […]
There are ten public training courses left in 2026, running through October and November. If you’ve been meaning to learn Python, build your first Shiny app, or get to grips with machine learning in R, there’s still time to do it before the end of the year. All courses run online and are delivered live […]
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has settled into its role as the standard way to connect AI models to external tools and data. It is now backed by the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft on the board, and it powers everything from file system access and API […]
Commercial AV integration has evolved far beyond running cables and mounting displays. Today’s AV integrator is expected to design intelligent conference rooms, deploy enterprise-grade video walls, manage multi-site rollouts, and deliver documentation that satisfies architects, IT departments, and end clients simultaneously. This complexity has made commercial AV software one of the most important operational investments […]
This post is a follow-up to my previous posts on semi-parametric option pricing. A link to the study (accepted for presentation at the osQF 2026 conference) is provided at the end of this post. In this study (R code provided), we build an empirical pricing measure for options directly from their underlying’s historical dynamics, requiring […]
