Outgrowing your laptop with R and Positron

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R-Ladies Abuja has posted a recording of a recent talk on Positron, and you can find it here!

Author

Julia Silge

Published

March 5, 2026

My data is too big for my laptop!

Last week, I had the pleasure of giving a talk to R-Ladies Abuja about how Positron can grow with you as you work on data that is too large for your laptop. The talk was recorded, and you can find it on YouTube here:

I opened this talk discussing how I first learned about these “beyond your laptop” technologies, typically in a organization where these technologies were already in use and seemed specific to infrastructure there. I later came to understand that these technologies are actually related to each other and understanding one can really help when you need to pick up another one. I pointed out some of the Positron features that are designed to make it easier to work with these technologies:

Check out my slides

If you’d like to check out my slides, they are available as well:

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