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Moving to Positron for Data Science Workflow: Building Positron-Server on a Mac

Coding

Tutorial

Positron

Remote Work

How to build Positron-server from source on an Intel Mac and connect to it remotely over SSH (Tailscale, VPN, or any other route), including the channel-mismatch pitfall that breaks extension resources.

May 7, 2026

Installations of R Packages on MacOS that require compilation

MacOS

For some R packages (fst, qs2, data.table, etc.), you need to compile from source in order to make the best use of the package. This is a guide to install these packages.

Apr 21, 2025

HPC Series: How to use Ollama on a HPC cluster

HPC

Ollama

In this guide, I will introduce how to use Ollama with a university’s HPC cluster

Feb 16, 2025

Remote Work Setup I: Tailscale

Coding

Tutorial

Tailscale

Many researchers switch between a laptop for casual work and a powerful workstation for heavy tasks. This series shares my remote setup connecting a local MacBook Pro to a…

Sep 16, 2024

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Moving to Positron for Data Science Workflow: Building Positron-Server on a Mac

Installations of R Packages on MacOS that require compilation

HPC Series: How to use Ollama on a HPC cluster

Remote Work Setup I: Tailscale