https://yjunechoe.github.io Personal Blog https://yjunechoe.github.io/static/img/icon.png https://yjunechoe.github.io Distill Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2025-12-31-2025-year-in-review In 2025, I finished my PhD, got a job, and moved to New York. reflections https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2025-12-31-2025-year-in-review Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-09-22-fetch-files-web For the download-button-averse of us tutorial https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-09-22-fetch-files-web Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-07-21-enumerate-possible-options Some thoughts on the principle of enumerating possible options, even for booleans design https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-07-21-enumerate-possible-options Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-06-09-ave-for-the-average tidyverse 🤝 base R dplyr https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-06-09-ave-for-the-average Sun, 23 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-03-04-args-args-args-args The unexpected sequal to "R is a language optimized for meme-ing" args metaprogramming https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-03-04-args-args-args-args Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-02-20-helloworld-print R is a language optimized for meme-ing metaprogramming https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-02-20-helloworld-print Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2023-12-31-2023-year-in-review Reflections and updates on what I've been up to in 2023 reflections https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2023-12-31-2023-year-in-review Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2023-12-03-untidy-select Deconstructing {tidyselect} and building it back up data wrangling dplyr tidyselect https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2023-12-03-untidy-select Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2023-07-09-x-y-problem Some lessons learned from a (personal) case study reflections https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2023-07-09-x-y-problem Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2023-06-11-row-relational-operations A love letter to dplyr::slice() and a gallery of usecases data wrangling dplyr https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2023-06-11-row-relational-operations Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2022-11-13-dataframes-jl-and-accessories Perspectives from a {dplyr} and {data.table} useR julia data wrangling DataFrames.jl dplyr data.table https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2022-11-13-dataframes-jl-and-accessories Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2022-07-30-user2022 Notes from attending and speaking at my first R conference conference ggtrace https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2022-07-30-user2022 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2022-07-06-ggplot2-delayed-aes-2 Exposing the `Stat` ggproto in functional programming terms data visualization ggplot2 tutorial https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2022-07-06-ggplot2-delayed-aes-2 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2022-03-10-ggplot2-delayed-aes-1 Exploring the logic of `after_stat()` to peek inside ggplot internals data visualization ggplot2 ggplot internals tutorial https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2022-03-10-ggplot2-delayed-aes-1 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2021-06-24-setting-up-and-debugging-custom-fonts A practical introduction to all (new) things font in R data visualization ggplot2 typography tutorial https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2021-06-24-setting-up-and-debugging-custom-fonts Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2021-01-17-random-sampling-a-table-animation Plus a convenient way of rendering LaTeX expressions as images data visualization data wrangling https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2021-01-17-random-sampling-a-table-animation Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-12-13-collapse-repetitive-piping-with-reduce Featuring accumulate() data wrangling tutorial https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-12-13-collapse-repetitive-piping-with-reduce Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-11-08-plot-makeover-2 Making a dodged-stacked hybrid bar plot in {ggplot2} plot makeover data visualization ggplot2 https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-11-08-plot-makeover-2 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-11-03-tidytuesday-2020-week-45 Waffle chart of IKEA furnitures in stock ggplot2 data visualization tidytuesday https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-11-03-tidytuesday-2020-week-45 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-10-28-tidytuesday-2020-week-44 Patched animation of the location and cumulative capacity of wind turbines in Canada ggplot2 gganimate spatial data visualization tidytuesday https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-10-28-tidytuesday-2020-week-44 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-10-22-analysis-of-everycolorbots-tweets And why you should avoid neon colors data visualization ggplot2 rtweet colors https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-10-22-analysis-of-everycolorbots-tweets Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-10-13-designing-guiding-aesthetics The fine line between creativity and noise data visualization ggplot2 tidytuesday https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-10-13-designing-guiding-aesthetics Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-26-demystifying-stat-layers-ggplot2 The motivation behind stat, the distinction between stat and geom, and a case study of stat_summary() data visualization ggplot2 tutorial https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-26-demystifying-stat-layers-ggplot2 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-23-tidytuesday-2020-week-39 Stacked area plot of the heights of Himalayan peaks attempted over the last century ggplot2 data visualization tidytuesday https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-23-tidytuesday-2020-week-39 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-20-plot-makeover-1 Flattening a faceted grid for strictly horizontal comparisons plot makeover data visualization ggplot2 https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-20-plot-makeover-1 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-14-tidytuesday-2020-week-38 Visualizing two decades of primary and secondary education spending with {gt} tables data visualization tidytuesday https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-14-tidytuesday-2020-week-38 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-12-videos-in-reactable Pushing the limits of expandable row details tables data visualization https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-12-videos-in-reactable Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-06-fonts-for-graphs A small collection of my favorite fonts for data visualization data visualization typography https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-09-06-fonts-for-graphs Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-08-17-tidytuesday-2020-week-33 An animation of the main characters in Avatar tidytuesday gganimate ggplot2 https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-08-17-tidytuesday-2020-week-33 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-08-07-saving-a-line-of-piping Some notes on lesser known functions/functionalities that combine common chain of {dplyr} verbs. data wrangling dplyr tutorial https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-08-07-saving-a-line-of-piping Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-08-04-tidytuesday-2020-week-32 A dumbbell chart visualization of energy production trends among European countries tidytuesday data visualization ggplot2 https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-08-04-tidytuesday-2020-week-32 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-07-29-six-years-of-my-spotify-playlists An analysis of acoustic features with {spotifyr} ggplot2 gganimate spotifyr data wrangling data visualization https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-07-29-six-years-of-my-spotify-playlists Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-07-20-shiny-tips-1 %||%, imap() + {shinybusy}, and user inputs in modalDialog() shiny https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-07-20-shiny-tips-1 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-07-13-geom-paired-raincloud A {ggplot2} geom for visualizing change in distribution between two conditions. data visualization ggplot2 https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-07-13-geom-paired-raincloud Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-06-30-treemap-with-ggplot Using underlying plot data for maximum customization data visualization treemap ggplot2 tutorial https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-06-30-treemap-with-ggplot Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-06-25-indexing-tip-for-spacyr Speeding up the analysis of dependency relations. data wrangling NLP spacyr https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-06-25-indexing-tip-for-spacyr Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 June Choe https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-06-07-correlation-parameter-mem Notes on the Corr term in {lme4} output statistics mixed-effects models tutorial https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2020-06-07-correlation-parameter-mem Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000