posit::conf(2025) chat app

This repository contains a chat application built for posit::conf(2025). The project is implemented in R and consists of several scripts and an interactive app. This app is NOT officially affiliated with Posit. It's just a fun project I did over a Sunday evening. It uses agenda data scraped from the conference website.

General Implementation

• Data Collection: The 00-scrape-webpages.R script scrapes and collects data from specified web sources.
• Data Processing: The 01-ragnar-store.R script processes the scraped data and stores it in a structured format for efficient access by the app.
• App Launch: The app.R script launches the interactive chat application, using the processed data.

For questions or contributions, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Acknowledgments

I'm grateful to several people who helped make this project better:

@LibbyHeeren reviewed the initial version of the app and provided valuable feedback that guided key improvements.

@astrowonk shared helpful tips and reference Python code for the API call, which streamlined the development process significantly.

@ivelasq went above and beyond by publishing a separate instance of the app on Posit Connect Cloud using a Posit API key and writing this excellent blog post about the project.

Your contributions and support made this project much better than it would have been otherwise. Thank you!