A personal message from an Open Source employee | R-Bloggers

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Dear fellow developers and data scientists,

If everyone who reads this only gave the price of a coffee, I could fully concentrate on open source work for our community. But not everyone can or will contribute, and that’s okay.

For years I have built and maintained open source R packages – CPP11armadillo, Capybara, Gravity, TabulapDF, Pointblank and more – that many people use every day. Every Github problem and e -mail receives an answer. This is my way to return because my own research benefits benefits of a wide range of R -packages and tools developed by others.

I am a PhD student from Chile currently in Canada. My exhibition payments have been delayed for four months because of an administrative error that starts with my name wrongly spelled.

I wrote about this a month ago and I am still in the same situation. Every time I contact service by telephone and e -mail, I receive the same message “We will give an answer in 48 hours”, but nothing changes. Rent and food cannot wait. To make ends meet, I have sold guitar pedals that I design and build (inspired by Queen and Dr. Brian May): https://www.instagram.com/maplebooster/.

I want my software and data sets to remain open. Before I consider paywalls or commercializing, I ask the community for support. If my packages have helped you, consider a small contribution.

Support my work to buy a coffee for me

Despite these challenges, I don’t slide. I have just updated open trading statistics with 2023 data and a new dashboard. Your support – donations, sharing, feedback or friendly words – means a lot. It keeps me through code -error detection while I hear on the phone: “All our agents are busy, call later.”

To everyone who helped with code, bug reports or encouragement: thanks. Every bit of support helps to maintain this work. The open source world thrives on mutual support – today I ask for yours.

With appreciation and hope,

Pacha

PS If you cannot contribute financially, sharing this message with others who may benefit from my work is also a huge help. Open Source is about supporting each other.

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