Andres' Blog

A place to showcase my personal,
data science related projects.

Options to install R on a Raspberry Pi and other ARM systems
February 11, 2023

Options to install R on a Raspberry Pi and other ARM systems

Learn what options you have available for installing R on the Raspberry Pi SBC and other ARM systems.
Installing Quarto-CLI on Linux-arm64 systems

Installing Quarto-CLI on Linux-arm64 systems

December 9, 2022

Learn how to install the Quarto Command Line Interface on Linux-arm64 systems, like the popular Raspberry Pi SBCs and arm64 virtual machines like Ampere Altra and Graviton
Setting up your own Shiny and RStudio Server on a Raspberry Pi

Setting up your own Shiny and RStudio Server on a Raspberry Pi

September 5, 2022

This article shows you how to install Shiny and RStudio Server on a Raspberry Pi (running Raspberry Pi OS or Ubuntu) along with the most common companion tools, to have a fully functional server to not only host but also develop your own data science projects and Shiny apps.
Take the RStudio IDE experimental support for arm64 architectures out for a spin

Take the RStudio IDE experimental support for arm64 architectures out for a spin

August 22, 2022

Learn how to install the experimental builds of the RStudio IDE for arm64 on Raspberry Pi SBCs and other Linux arm64 systems. Compatible with Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu 20/22 LTS and RedHat 9
How to make your home Shiny or Rstudio Server accessible from the public internet

How to make your home Shiny or Rstudio Server accessible from the public internet

August 16, 2021

Learn the necessary steps to expose your home Shiny and/or RStudio server to the public internet to enable access from anywhere.
Automatically installing Shiny and RStudio server on Amazon Web Services with Ansible

Automatically installing Shiny and RStudio server on Amazon Web Services with Ansible

March 28, 2021

In this post, I'll give you step-by-step instructions to automatically install and configure a fully-fledged R-based data science server including support services as Nginx and PostgreSQL on an AWS EC2 instance using a provided Ansible playbook. No prior Ansible knowledge needed.
Automatically installing Shiny and RStudio server on a Raspberry Pi with Ansible

Automatically installing Shiny and RStudio server on a Raspberry Pi with Ansible

January 13, 2021

In this post, I'll give you step-by-step instructions to automatically install and configure a fully-fledged R-based data science server including support services such as Nginx and PostgreSQL on a Raspberry Pi SBC (running Raspberry Pi OS or Ubuntu) using a provided Ansible playbook. No prior Ansible knowledge is needed.
Customizing your package-library location

Customizing your package-library location

October 26, 2020

This is a short beginner-level article that shows how to customize the location of your package library.
Alternatives for retrieving sensor data from Arduino compatible microcontrollers into R

Alternatives for retrieving sensor data from Arduino compatible microcontrollers into R

February 9, 2020

In this article we explore some alternatives for remotely acquiring sensor data from Arduino compatible microcontrollers, pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of each method and giving some simple illustrative examples based on ESP8266 boards.
Keeping track of your actual internet speed over time, using R and Speedtest-CLI

Keeping track of your actual internet speed over time, using R and Speedtest-CLI

January 21, 2020

Learn how to use Ookla's Speedtest Command Line Interface to get recurring internet speed measures, store the results and plot the data, all of this using R.