[atheriel]

Most of these tidyverse vs. data.table arguments end up sounding a bit irrelevant to me. They tend to focus on syntax, which is largely down to preference, or performance, which is really only important once in a while. And they seem oddly focused on the need to choose one or the other, when it seems obvious that all are good choices with various tradeoffs.

I tried my hand at saying something more original about this debate recently: https://unconj.ca/blog/for-and-against-data-table.html

On the other hand, it's nice to see some criticism of RStudio and Hadley, even if it does stray into the conspiratorial. They've done a lot for the R community, but they do have some obvious blind spots.

[vharuck]

It's not that RStudio has nefarious motives that cause harm, it's that they have neutral and sometimes benevolent motives with unforeseen consequences.