Community & Events
- The R community gathers at Rencontres R 2026 in Nantes, France, focusing on R language, data science, and open collaboration.
- Social Coworking sessions offer collaborative spaces for text linting and R debugging, fostering peer learning.
- African Month 2026 aims to add 91 new articles to Wikipedia to improve coverage of Africa.
- GDCount automates grain size analysis from SEM images using deep learning—an open-source desktop application for materials science.
- Claude Code skills now include a landing page generator with built-in static site generation, SEO, A/B testing, and auto-deploy.
- An Open Source LoRa Mesh RFC proposes decentralized, long-range, low-power mesh networking.
- MTN Nigeria plans to open its data billing systems to public scrutiny, a move toward telecom transparency.
- The FDA launched a new Adverse Event Look-Up Tool, making drug safety data more accessible.
- A report from FrogHire.ai shows AI skills are becoming standard in entry-level jobs.
- OpenStack on a budget offers guidance for learning cloud infrastructure without high costs.
- Storm-proofing solar generators: practical tips from years of emergency prep.
- Users report issues with Plex on Docker/Ubuntu and files not showing across VMs—community solutions are being shared.
- AxiomOS is an open-source project for organizing AI-assisted development workflows, seeking feedback.
Tools & Projects
Policy & Transparency
Infrastructure & Learning
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