Tools I Use

New! I recently tried Positron – a “next-generation data science IDE” from POSIT – for real for the first time. As a long-time user of both VS Code and RStudio, I’m excited for where this project goes.
New -ish! I’ve been converting a lot of my writing workflow to Typst, using both the CLI and the Web App. As a long time user of LaTeX across disciplines, I’m cannot express my joy over working with this language.
I do most of my data-science work in R/Rstudio, though Positron may soon replace RStudio for me. While I reflexively use tidyverse syntax, I certainly love a good line of data.table when I can get one.
For just about everything else, I use VS Code
I typically work with Quarto projects because of their extensive flexibility
Git/Github, for Version Control

I write my slides in .qmd¹ files, which I output to reveal.js
I’ve converted my syllabus, homework, tests, and other course materials to Typst
In my most recent iteration of Intro to Game Theory, I wrote typ2png4reveal.sh(link) for converting Typst games to transparent PNG files

After being a lifelong Windows user, I was finally fed up enough to dual boot Linux on my Lenovo laptop. My laptop has never run smoother, my file system makes. sense. now, and I have not looked back. If you’re like me and timid to make the switch at first, Linux Mint is a great introduction for the average Windows/Mac user.
After compiling my ~~twentieth~~ ~~fiftieth~~ ~~hundredth~~ third R package from source, I slipped and slid my way through setting up bspm –Bridge to System Package Manager. The TL;DR is that apt² handles my R packages and I haven’t had to build a single one from source.
CopyQ provides nice clipboard management
ImageMagick is indispensible; I wish I knew about it when I was using Windows

I actually tried both Hugo and Jekyll before landing on Web-Quarto
As mentioned above, I’ve done my time in Windows. OneNote is probably the only tool I miss from time to time.
I started using LaTeX my freshman year of college for my math degree. It would have been glorious to have Typst around.

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