My R package collection — All in One Tile

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August 11, 2023

Over the past few years, I’ve been building a collection of R packages that span a range of topics from data processing to sports analytics, machine learning, and visualization tools.

To celebrate (and to keep them visually organized), I decided to use the hexsession package to bring all my package hex stickers together into a single, beautiful tile.

Here’s the code I used (try it out with the interactivity by clicking on hexstickers):

library(hexsession)

make_tile(
  packages = c(
    "airpurifyr", 
    "cardinalR", 
    "DSjobtracker", 
    "MedLEA", 
    "olympics", 
    "quollr"
  ),
  local_images = c(
    here::here("hexstickers/airpurifyr.png"),
    here::here("hexstickers/cardinalR.png"),
    here::here("hexstickers/DSjobtracker.png"),
    here::here("hexstickers/MedLEA.png"),
    here::here("hexstickers/matcharoo.png"),
    here::here("hexstickers/olympics.png"),
    here::here("hexstickers/quollr.png")
  ),
  local_urls = c(
    "https://numbats.github.io/airpurifyr/",
    "https://github.com/JayaniLakshika/cardinalR",
    "https://github.com/thiyangt/DSjobtracker",
    "https://github.com/SMART-Research/MedLEA",
    "https://github.com/JayaniLakshika/Match-a-roo",
    "https://github.com/numbats/olympics",
    "https://github.com/JayaniLakshika/quollr"
  ),
  dark_mode = TRUE
)
Hexagon Image 1
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Hexagon Image 5
Hexagon Image 6
Hexagon Image 7
created with hexsession

🧩 What’s happening here?

  • packages: The names of all my R packages.
  • local_images: The paths to my hex sticker images (stored locally).
  • local_urls: Optional — you can link the stickers to package websites or GitHub repos.

When you run this, you get a tiled display of all your package stickers, perfect for slides, blogs, or social media.

💡 Why I Like This

This kind of visual summary is a quick personal portfolio. Whether you’re introducing yourself at a conference or sharing your work on social media, having all your package logos together is eye-catching and memorable.