First Post

Hello

This is the first post on this blog. The site is a static collection of HTML files built from R Markdown documents. Each post is knitted in RStudio, then a small R build script assembles the index, archive sidebar, and tag pages.

No database. No server-side code. Just files uploaded to a hosted domain.

Why R Markdown

R Markdown keeps code and writing in the same document. When the analysis changes, re-knitting the file updates both the prose and the output — no copying results between programs, no version drift.

A small example: generating a sequence and summarising it.

x <- seq(1, 100, by = 5)
summary(x)

##    Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max.
##    1.00   25.75   48.50   48.50   71.25   96.00

The output above is produced live each time the document is knitted, so it always reflects the actual code.

What to Expect

Posts here will cover statistical methods, data visualisation, and reproducible research practices — things that come up in actual work rather than contrived toy examples (though toy examples will appear when they help).

The tag list and monthly archive in the sidebar will grow as more posts appear.