Posit lays off R Markdown, knitr creator Yihui Xie
Yihui Xie, well-known in the R community as the creator of R packages such as R Markdown, knitr, blogdown, and bookdown, has been laid off from Posit, where he worked as a full-time software developer. Xie announced the layoff, which happened at the end of December, in a blog post this week. He said he would continue working as a part-time contractor for Posit to maintain some of his packages.
"I was quite surprised but only for a short moment," he wrote. "I fully respected Posit's decision and quickly accepted the conclusion that my contribution no longer deserved a full-time job here."