Thread by @JonTheGeek

Next @_TanHo talking about project immortality via github! Slides at tanho.ca/project-immort… #rstudioconf2022 #rstudioconf #rstats

The obligatory "xkcd: Wisdom of the Ancients" xkcd.com/979/ #rstudioconf2022 #rstudioconf #rstats

He made ffopportunity, available on github. Put it in public so someone in the future can use and maybe improve it. #rstudioconf2022 #rstudioconf #rstats

Hell yes! Make it a package! That way dependencies come along for the ride, you naturally include licensing info. usethis has it covered to make this easy! #rstudioconf2022 #rstudioconf #rstats

Wrap logic into functions. That way you can reuse logic for new data or new cases. #rstudioconf2022 #rstudioconf #rstats

Automate predictions with github actions! Good call. This example runs every sun, Tues, Friday after games to update the predictions. #rstudioconf2022 #rstudioconf #rstats

Version control is bad at binary files. Binary files get rewritten with every version. #rstudioconf2022 #rstudioconf #rstats

Solution: github releases! Make a new release and upload a file to the release. This is #rstudioconf2022 #rstudioconf #rstats

piggyback package to do this easily! CRAN.R-project.org/package=piggyb… #rstudioconf2022 #rstudioconf #rstats