While working on my PhD thesis I’m usually facing the situation when I need to use both R and Python programming languages. R offers me the possibility to render neat scientific supports with rmarkdown package, which bring .Rmd support. Obviously, Python has similar format (pymarkdown and the .Pmd) available, it is not as well developed as the R counterpart. Moreover, I’m far more familiar with R statistical libraries, tidyverse suite and coding practices. However, at the same time I need Python dependencies: the most developed neural network (NN) libraries are written in Python or have their main interface in Python. For example, the well known TensorFlow has a Python based backend.

Some while ago I had an interesting discussion concerning the different approaches to workflow organisation and learning. It happened around at the same time, that I’ve discovered the Vimium browser extension. This coincidence lead me to write this blog-post about the workflow organisation and usage of shortcuts in everyday life. To keep the content simple, I’ll start with some general ideas on using shortcuts and then present some advantages of using their Vim-style version.

Today’s’ experience with helping to submit an article for a journal of Taylor & Francis group was educative and energy draining at the same time. Yesterday was quite a long day dedicated to styling the document, while now I had only figures to worry about. Later, I’ll definitely have to write some guide about academic writing and how R software, which can be useful in this aspect. But now lets speak about some useful tips in using tikz.