There are plenty of folks sharing their excitement about new products like Shiny for Python or reaffirming our beliefs that R is the tool to get stuff done. However we may feel, based on a quick scroll of LinkedIn, you might be thinking, “R programming is doomed” or “the Python vs R cold war is still raging.” Now, that’s not to say there isn’t love from the R community either. RStudio’s (Posit) rebrand and the future of R programming Posit extends the olive branch to Python and R programming.The big battle for big data: R programming vs Python.RStudio’s rebrand and the future of R programming.And trust us when we say, there are a lot of companies out there exploring R and Shiny to handle their data needs.

“Posit translates to more accessible, open source and professional software to better serve data science teams.” – Filip Stachura, Appsilon Co-Founder and CEOĪnd as we heard at the conference, there are big names in RStudio that aren’t giving up their love for R any time soon. We see this as an opportunity for the R community to expand, invite other communities through RStudio products, and adopt new technologies into R for data analytics. So if “Posit” doesn’t have ‘R’ in the name anymore – does that mean the biggest proponent of R development is leaving us in the dust?Īs a company that built itself around R and Shiny, Appsilon doesn’t see it that way. Many of us discovered the power of R through RStudio products like their IDE and open source packages. We think both feelings are justifiable, but as the leading R Shiny consultants and one of the largest RStudio Certified Partners, we don’t fear this change. And yet, some fear R is losing out to Python.

Most are excited to expand RStudio products into a language agnostic data science ecosystem.

Īs with most changes, this has come with mixed feelings from the R community. Whether you heard it in person at rstudio::conf(2022) or caught the news through the internet grapevine, RStudio PBC is rebranding itself to – Posit PBC.

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