Garrick Aden-Buie

I’m a Software Engineer for Shiny at Posit (formerly RStudio). I build tools that help everyone do data science in R with R Markdown and Shiny.

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Theming Made Easy: Introducing brand.yml

brand.yml is an exciting new project from Posit that radically simplifies theming across reports, apps, and websites in R and Python.

Sep 18, 2025

Programming with LLM APIs: A Beginner’s Guide in R and Python

A full-day workshop introducing participants to LLM APIs using ellmer (R) and chatlas (Python), covering system prompts, tool calling, RAG, and building Shiny apps with…

Sep 16, 2025

Building the Future of Data Apps: LLMs Meet Shiny

A live demo explaining LLM APIs from zero and building LLM-empowered data workflows and Shiny apps using ellmer, shinychat, and querychat.

Aug 19, 2025

Shiny + AI: Building LLM-Powered Apps in R

A live demo showing how to build custom LLM-empowered data workflows and Shiny apps using ellmer, shinychat, and querychat.

May 16, 2025

Theming Made Easy: brand.yml for R

A live demo of brand.yml, showing how to create beautifully branded Shiny apps, Quarto reports, and slides from a single YAML configuration file.

Apr 17, 2025

Theming Made Easy: Introducing brand.yml for Shiny

An introduction to brand.yml, a new Posit project that radically simplifies theming for Shiny apps and other R data science outputs.

Apr 10, 2025

Next Generation Shiny Apps with {bslib}

A hands-on workshop covering the latest developments in bslib for building modern, themeable Shiny apps and dashboards.

Jun 11, 2024

Modern Dashboards with bslib

bslib is the new shinydashboard! Learn why you should choose blisb for your next Shiny app or dashboard.

Apr 18, 2024

{epoxy}

Super glue for data-driven reports and Shiny apps.

Sep 20, 2023
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