In this episode I sit down with Garrick Aden-Buie, a senior software engineer at Posit (formerly RStudio), to explore his latest project: brand.yml. This innovative tool aims to simplify and unify branding across various data science outputs, including Quarto documents, Shiny apps, and more.

Garrick shares the inspiration behind brand.yml, stemming from his experiences in creating custom theming solutions at different organizations. Recognizing the repetitive nature of this task, he developed brand.yml to serve as a single source of truth for styling, enabling consistent application of brand guidelines across multiple platforms.

Important resources mentioned:

• brand.yml project page
• GitHub repo
• BSLib article on unified theming
• Blog post ‘Unified branding across Posit tools with brand.yml’ by Sarah Altman

Connect with Garrick on LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon. Visit his Website to learn more.

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://rfortherestofus.com/newsletter