A crystal clear book draw
Read OriginalThe article details the author's process for running a monthly data science book giveaway on Twitter. It covers lessons learned in organizing R code into a package, automating the winner announcement workflow, and creating an animated GIF using the magick package for image manipulation to reveal the winner in a creative 'crystal ball' visualization.
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