# amols newsletter (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover amols newsletter. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why You Should Care About Functional Programming (Even in 2025)](https://borkar.substack.com/p/why-care-about-functional-programming) _2025-05-29 · Amol Borkar · Amol’s Newsletter_ A History Lesson and Practical Introduction to Core Tenets of Functional Programming ## [The 80/20 Guide to R You Wish You Read Years Ago](https://borkar.substack.com/p/the-8020-guide-to-r-you-wish-you) _2025-05-22 · Amol Borkar · Amol’s Newsletter_ Small habits that compound into dramatically better R workflows. ## [Empathy for Data Science Hiring in a Brutal Market](https://borkar.substack.com/p/empathy-for-data-science-hiring-in) _2025-05-15 · Amol Borkar · Amol’s Newsletter_ Why landing a Data Science role feels like an uphill battle and what we can do to lighten the load ## [Supercharge your R workflows with DuckDB](https://borkar.substack.com/p/r-workflows-with-duckdb) _2025-05-01 · Amol Borkar · Amol’s Newsletter_ Speed up your data wrangling in R without rewriting your codebase. DuckDB lets you keep using dplyr-style syntax while handling large datasets effortlessly. ## [Unlocking Zen: How R's data analysis ecosystem outshines Python](https://borkar.substack.com/p/unlocking-zen-powerful-analytics) _2025-04-24 · Amol Borkar · Amol’s Newsletter_ In this article, I highlight some pain-points when working with Python & Pandas and how R's ecosystem proves to be a great alternative. ## [Coming soon](https://borkar.substack.com/p/coming-soon) _2025-03-26 · Amol Borkar · Amol’s Newsletter_ This is Amol’s Newsletter.