[jrumbut]

I understand that's the goal, but it hasn't been what I've seen from user's code. I think the issue, which the article describes, is that the tidyverse has too large a surface area for something aimed at very smart people who are not software engineers and don't have time to become one.

So they end up with a subset of functionality they can get stuff done with, but then they need to collaborate with someone who uses a different subset. That can be messy.

I think in an environment where everyone learns R from the same course/book/MOOC/whatever (or have done lots of different sorts of programming) and the organization can impose a style guide the tidyverse approach would be great, but when you have people coming from all sorts of places and backgrounds I don't think it's a good fit.