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Modern R Development Guide

This document captures current best practices for R development, emphasizing modern tidyverse patterns, performance, and style. Last updated: August 2025

Core Principles

1. Use modern tidyverse patterns - Prioritize dplyr 1.1+ features, native pipe, and current APIs
2. Profile before optimizing - Use profvis and bench to identify real bottlenecks
3. Write readable code first - Optimize only when necessary and after profiling
4. Follow tidyverse style guide - Consistent naming, spacing, and structure

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Is there an easy way to convert a named list into a dataframe, preserving the elements of the list in a "list-column"?

library(dplyr)
library(magrittr)

## make a random matrix
rand_mat <- function() {
  Nrow <- sample(2:15,1)

Ncol <- sample(2:15,1)