Alex Chisholm

A screenshot of an RStudio window. On the left-hand side is a new pain called Posit Assistant. The Posit Assistant had recently run code making a lat-lon plot of Washington state, colored by whether the point had been marked as forested or not.

Today we're releasing AI for RStudio. It's really, really good—I'd encourage you to point it at the messiest data sources you have and see what it can do.

www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-03...

We're hard at work on new AI tools for RStudio that will support EDA and we hope generally accelerate data science. If you're interested in trying them out, join the private beta waitlist for a sneak peek: posit.co/products/ai/ #rstats

More Control for Your Connect Cloud Deployments - Posit Posit Connect Cloud launched new features for programmatic deployment, resource control, and automated scheduling to simplify managing R and Python data applications.

We’ve just added some of your most requested features to @posit.co Connect Cloud ⛅

1. Deploy programmatically from RStudio with rsconnect
2. Set fine-grained Compute and Runtime settings
3. Schedule automated content republishing (paid plans only)

What else do you want to see support for?

This one was especially fun to see come together!

An image from a product release blog post announces "Posit Connect Cloud" with the headline "Enterprise Single Sign-On, role-based access control, secure external sharing, and more for organizations." The left side of the image features a large, stylized text "PRODUCT RELEASE" and "Posit Connect Cloud" on an orange-red background. The right side displays a dashboard interface titled "Posit Connect / Classical Stats LLC" with "Earthquake Analysis." One panel shows "Recent Earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand Of M wuk msnaty or Greater." Key metrics include "Hours since last earthquake: 16" and "Earthquakes in the last 24 hours: 3." Below this is a list of the "Last 10 Earthquakes" with magnitude, time, location, and depth. Another section titled "Share Earthquake Analysis" shows options for "Individual access" allowing users to add members with name, email, and role, and "Organization access" which is currently "Disabled." A "Copy Link" button is also visible for sharing. The bottom of this panel mentions "Private link sharing." The overall aesthetic suggests a data analysis and sharing platform.

Introducing the Advanced Plan for Posit Connect Cloud for Organizations.

Get Enterprise SSO, role-based access control, and secure external sharing for your #Python and #RStats deployments.

Learn more in the blog post: posit.co/blog/connect...

Is your data team ready to simplify the deployment and sharing of #rstats & #python projects?

@posit.co just leveled up Connect Cloud with a new plan for organizations: SSO, RBACs, email auth for internal & external viewers, and more.

Curious? Read details here or ping me! posit.co/blog/connect...

Building software on top of Large Language Models I presented a three hour workshop at PyCon US yesterday titled Building software on top of Large Language Models. The goal of the workshop was to give participants everything they …

Here's the full workshop handout plus annotated slides from "Building software on top of Large Language Models", a three hour tutorial I presented yesterday at PyCon US #PyConUS simonwillison.net/2025/May/15/...

Connect Cloud is the fastest way to turn code on your local machine into a live app or doc in the cloud.

We recently rolled out three new features - available to all users - to simplify publishing, enhance shareability, and improve your portfolio’s visual presentation.

🔗 posit.co/blog/share-y...

I think deployment is even easier now, with Posit Connect cloud being able to deploy all three frameworks. Dash apps especially did not have an easy non-enterprise deployment solution.

Would anyone be interested in experimenting with shiny apps in group sessions, i.e.,
* Propose a 15-day app making project
* Collaborate on github
* Make contributions on the parts that interest you e.g., wireframing, theming, modules, etc.
* Deploy on Posit Connect Cloud, etc.
#rstats

Connect Cloud moves into Beta with new features and subscription plans - Posit Posit Connect Cloud has officially entered Beta, introducing standalone view, improved R performance, more compute power, private GitHub repo support, and private sharing.

Posit Connect Cloud has now entered Beta with these new features:

✅ Standalone View
✅ Faster R deployments for Shiny, Quarto, & more
✅ More memory & power to handle any workload
✅ Secure GitHub support for private repos
✅ Private links to share content securely & easily

posit.co/blog/connect...

Yes! Actually in the next few weeks we should release new plans that support deployments from private repositories.

GitHub - alex-chisholm/shiny-r-abtesting Contribute to alex-chisholm/shiny-r-abtesting development by creating an account on GitHub.

Sample A/B Testing App: github.com/alex-chishol...

🚀 Exciting update for #rstats enthusiasts!

Our engineers have powered-up R deployments on Connect Cloud. Shiny Apps & Quarto Docs now deploy and reload in just seconds!

🔗 Sign up for free to experience the speed: connect.posit.cloud

And please help us spread the word—repost to share the news!

How can you make a data app or doc on your laptop shareable with a single URL? Connect Cloud.

You can go from a public GitHub repo to a published doc or app in 3 minutes (or less).

💫 Try it free: connect.posit.cloud
📚 Guides: docs.posit.co/connect-cloud
🧑🏽‍💻 Forum: forum.posit.co/c/posit-prof...

Hello, Bluesky! Excited for this fresh start.

I’ve spent 18 years working with data and still amazed by what open-source tools make possible. Proud to work at @posit.co building things for Python & R coders!

What keeps me curious?
Family. AI. Travel. Photography. Swimming. Playing Music. Teaching.