In episode 208 of R Weekly Highlights, the LLM train keeps moving along in the data science community: First impressions of the new Positron Assistant for code completion and basic package development, plus a friendly app for exploring the upcoming posit::conf(2025) agenda created by one of our talented R Weekly curators!Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter) * @jonmcalder@bsky.socialPositron Assistant: GitHub Copilot and Claude-Powered Agentic Coding in RYour LLM-powered guide to the posit::conf(2025) agendaEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W30Supplement ResourcesPositron Assistant https://positron.posit.co/assistantposit::conf(2025) Agenda Chat Bot https://posit-ai-posit-conf-agenda-chat.share.connect.posit.cloud/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixThe Quick and the Blue - Mega Man 2 - The Megas - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02090