The AI brought my broken R package back after two years

His crashapi R package, for getting road crash data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, had been largely broken for two years. He used AI to bring it back, and the package is live again.

How it works

Uses the AI on the broken crashapi package
The AI repairs the package
It works again for accessing Fatality Analysis Reporting System data

Why it’s worth knowing

A data package left broken for two years is back in service after a round of work with AI.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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