The previous post introduced the topic of how to compile Swift code for use in R using a useless, toy example. This one goes a bit further and makes a case for why one might want to do this by showing how to use one of Apple’s machine learning libraries, specifically the Natural Language one,… Continue reading
SwiftR Switcheroo: Calling [Compiled] Swift from R!
I’ve been on a Swift + R bender for a while now, but have been envious of the pure macOS/iOS (et al) folks who get to use Apple’s seriously ++good machine learning libraries, which are even more robust on the new M1 hardware (it’s cool having hardware components dedicated to improving the performance of built… Continue reading
Soon May the Vendorman Come
There was an org that didn’t see The data exfil hacking spree. A patch went up, our guard was down, Oh blow, SolarWinds, blow. Soon may the Vendorman come, And bring us Yara rules to run. One day when their huntin’ is done, They’ll take their scripts and go. There was no implant here before,… Continue reading
New SwiftR Chapter Up: Building an R-backed SwiftUI macOS App
Last week I introduced a new bookdown series on how to embed R into a macOS Swift application. The initial chapters focused on core concepts and showed how to build a macOS compiled, binary command line application that uses embedded R for some functionality. This week, a new chapter is up that walks you though… Continue reading
Nos Autem Non In Antebellum; Bella Iam Inceperat
(Leading this with the periodic warning/reminder that this blog occasionally breaks from technical content and has category-based RSS feeds which can be used to ensure one never see non-technical content.) Every decent human (which excludes 74,222,958 🇺🇸 who voted for this, now 100% undeniable, traitor) with knowledge of this past week’s tragic events is likely… Continue reading
Safety Checking Locally Installed Package URLs
I went completely daft this week and broke my months-long Twitter break due to the domestic terror event in my nation’s capitol. I’ll likely be resuming the break starting today. Whilst keeping up with the final descent of the U.S. into a fully failed state, I also noticed that a debate from months ago on… Continue reading
Bringing R to Swift on macOS
Over Christmas break I teased some screencaps: A more refined #rstats #swift "SwiftR" example. Simple Image view + some text views, a color picker and a button that runs R-in-Swift code (like {reticulate} does for Python in R) Note no ssd/hd storage round-trip for the plot. Code snippet: https://t.co/fWaHnztUgd pic.twitter.com/y5m1I16tCB — Caliban's War (@hrbrmstr) December… Continue reading
Updated Apache Drill R JDBC Interface Package {sergeant.caffeinated} With {dbplyr} 2.x Compatibility
While the future of the Apache Drill ecosystem is somewhat in-play (MapR — a major sponsoring org for the project — is kinda dead), I still use it almost daily (on my local home office cluster) to avoid handing over any more money to Amazon than I/we already do. The latest (yet-to-be-released) v1.18.0 has some… Continue reading