[Keynote] Production is like ultra running: brutal, ungrateful, but worth every step

Keynote at the ShinyConf 2023

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1. Production is like
   ultra running: brutal,
   ungrateful, but worth
   every step
   Colin Fay - ThinkR
   

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7. You’ll never run again, Mr FAY.
   

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12. https://www.strava.com/clubs/rstats
    

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18. R is not meant for production.
    

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21. https://engineering-shiny.org/
    

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23. ?
    

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24. No one cares that you run ultra
    

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25. No one cares that you run ultra
    use R in prod
    

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27. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
    

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28. “Whenever you’re learning a new tool, for a long time you’re
    going to suck… But the good news is that is typical, that’s
    something that happens to everyone, and it’s only temporary.”
    H. Wickham
    

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32. Truth #1 - The devil is in the details
    

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43. Made with https://excalidraw.com/
    

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47. Truth #2 - It's not only about it.
    

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50. 2015 : 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
    
    
    2023 : 🏃🏋🏃🚴🏃🧗🏃🏊🏃🧘
    

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57. 2019 : 👩💻👩💻👩💻👩💻👩💻👩💻👩💻👩💻👩💻👩💻
    
    
    2023 : 👩💻👩🔬👩💻📓👩💻📞👩💻👩🔬👩💻👩💻
    

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61. Truth #3 - There are things nobody wants to
    do.
    

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77. Truth #4 - It's a team work after all.
    

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87. Truth #5 - We learn the hard way
    

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89. I wish I had listened to their advice.
    

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90. I wish I had listened to their advice.
    

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95. About & links
    About me:
    
    
    - https://colinfay.me/
    
    
    - https://twitter.com/_ColinFay
    
    
    - https://engineering-shiny.org/
    
    
    ThinkR & the golemverse
    
    
    - https://rtask.thinkr.fr/
    
    
    - https://github.com/ThinkR-open
    
    
    - https://golemverse.org/
    

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96. Tools & packages presented
    Schema made with excalidraw https://excalidraw.com/
    
    
    {shiny}: https://shiny.rstudio.com/
    
    
    {golem}: https://thinkr-open.github.io/golem/
    
    
    {rhino}: https://appsilon.github.io/rhino/
    
    
    {shinytest2}: https://rstudio.github.io/shinytest2/
    
    
    {rmarkdown}: https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/
    
    
    {covr}: https://covr.r-lib.org/
    
    
    {testthat}: https://testthat.r-lib.org/
    
    
    {renv}: https://rstudio.github.io/renv/
    

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