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And one example of a principle: function definitions should be scannable.
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My dad, Brian Wickham
My dad, Brian Walter Wickham, passed away peacefully last month. We've known this was coming for a while, but it's still a big blow: he was a very…
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Dot-dot-dot, bang-bang-bang, and do.call()
This week I wanted to talk through a bit of tidyverse design that I have mixed feelings about: !!!. What is !!! and when might you need it? To…
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Reducing clutter with an options object
New this week is a new chapter on reducing argument clutter by adding an options object. Sometimes you have a set of “second class” arguments that you…
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Argument ordering
Bringing tidy design principles back to life and thinking about argument order
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Coming soon
This is my substack where I plan to regular post about progress on my current book project, tidy design principles. The goal of this book is to write up…
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Tidy design principles
Tidy design principles
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