The value of community and sustainability in full view at UserR 2026, a new tool ready to equip reproducibility and more for command-line utilities built with R, and the conclusion to LLM-prompting black magic that draws upon the awesome glue package. Episode Links This week's curator: Colin Fay - @colinfay@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @colinfay.bsky.social (Bluesky) & [@_ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/_ColinFay) (X/Twitter)What Makes R Strong: Reflections from useR! 2026ir 0.1.0: self-describing R scripts and Quarto documentsBuilding our own glue with REntire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W31Supplement ResourcesMatrix operators in R https://019b2dbc-0ac6-3185-aa9f-0bea50e3da6d.share.connect.posit.cloud/matrix-operators.html{golem} 1.0.0 is here https://golemverse.org/news/golem-1.0.0-release-on-cran/Package Tools with ir https://r-lib.github.io/ir/tools.htmlSupporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixSnow Cone Heaven - Ice Climber - Mazedude - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01176Salut Voisin! - Final Fantasy IV - Colorado Weeks, Aeroprism - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04553