Open Source News: R, Julia, Wikidata & More

Programming & Data Science

    • R Debugging Office Hours: Join the R community for social coworking and debugging support.
    • Rencontres R 2026: The annual R conference will be held in Nantes, France.
    • Julia Hydrology Tool: WhereTheWaterFlows.jl offers hydrological flow routing on digital elevation models.

    Open Source Projects & Hardware

    • ESP32 Wi-Fi Telegraph: A project using ESP32 to communicate via MQTT, reminiscent of a Wi-Fi telegraph.
    • Settlers of Catan TUI: A text-based user interface version of the popular board game.
    • From ERB to Phlex: Learn how to transition from ERB to pure Ruby views in 5 steps.

    Security & Privacy

    • libjxl Vulnerability: CVE-2025-70103 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in cjxl when decoding crafted PBM files.
    • Privacy Architecture: An article on making privacy a core part of system architecture, using islands and personas.

    Wikidata & Community

    • Small Edits, Big Impact: A Wikimedia story highlighting the power of small contributions.
    • ESEAP Strategy Summit 2027: The next East, Southeast Asia, and Pacific regional summit will be in Japan.

    Tech & Tools

    • MyRadar for Android Auto: A weather app switch for better storm tracking during road trips.
    • Pompe Disease Research: Machine learning maps clinical endpoints using real-world data.
    • DECmate II: A look back at the little PDP-8 that could.

    Other Highlights

    • Solomon Islands Data Stories: How Pacific talent turns data into compelling narratives.
    • HELIOS Laser Variant: Congress pushes for a containerized version of the Navy’s drone-swattling laser.
    • Symfony Security Advisory: CIVI-PSA-2026-02 addresses a Symfony vulnerability.
    • Docker Compose Workflows: A community discussion on better ways to manage docker-compose files.
    • Lenovo Yoga Business Laptop: A review of an overlooked yet powerful business laptop.

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