Simple Machines

Simple Machines: Improving Workflows with APIs
Karishma Srikanth (presenter) & Aaron Chafetz
Posit Conf 2024 | Seattle

Efficient and scalable analytics workflows are critical for an adaptive and data-driven organization. How can we scale systems to support an office charged with implementing USAID's $6 billion HIV/AIDS program? Our team leveraged R and global health APIs to build more efficient workflows through automation by developing custom R packages to access health program data. Our investment in creating an automated data infrastructure with flexible, open-source tools like R enabled us to build reproducible workflows for analysts in over 50 partner countries. We would like to share our experience in a federal agency integrating APIs with R to develop scalable data pipelines, as inspiration for organizations facing similar resource & data challenges.

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1. SIMPLE MACHINES Improving Workflows with APIs Posit Conf 2024
2. 2 This presentation was made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The contents in this presentation are the sole responsibility of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, PEPFAR or the United States Government.
3. Honda (2013). The Cog.
4. @Colinoscopy. (2020). “made a Rube Goldberg machine”.
5. manual auto pilot automation @Colinoscopy. (2020). “made a Rube Goldberg machine”. X. + Honda (2013). The Cog.
6. Karishma Srikanth Aaron Chafetz
8. Adobe Stock | peterfodor, pandaclub23, ekim, Patrick Jennings
11. KEEP IT SMALL TO START
12. Adobe Stock | diecidodici
14. MINIMIZE THE MANUAL
15. ANothe rimage of Adobe Stock | Marco
16. ◦ Screenshorting/gif of manual clicks naomi-spectrum.unaids.org
18. usaid-oha-si.github.io/mindthegap/
19. usaid-oha-si.github.io/mindthegap/
20. USE WHAT YOU HAVE
21. Unsplash | Markus Spiske
23. PACKAGE IT UP
24. Unsplash | Kelly Sikkema
25. Generic Utilities Project Specific usaid-oha-si.r-universe.dev/packages
27. OK GO. (2010). “This Too Shall Pass”.
28. SIMPLE MACHINES Improving Workflows with APIs Posit Conf 2024
29. Notes and Attribution • Prepared for Posit Conf 2024 in Seattle [August 14, 2024] • Presented by Karishma Srikanth. Content developed by Aaron Chafetz and Karishma Srikanth • Image sources ◦ Adobe Stock ▪ African Elephant, Loxodonta africana, South Africa By peterfodor ▪ Ferris wheel with blue sky By pandaclub23 ▪ Gardener is digging soil with a shovel and preparing to plant plants. Springtime in the garden. By ekim ▪ Aerial view of two paddle boarders on Hungry Horse Reservoir, MT. By Patrick Jennings ▪ row of dominoes in a circle shape By diecidodici ▪ Close-up child hand playing with traditional toys on wooden train tracks. Little boy pushes retro wagon By Marco ◦ Unsplash ▪ assorted-color interlocking blocks on floor by Markus Spiske ▪ small brown cardboard box with handle by Kelly Sikkema ◦ Icons ▪ Google Mail - icon8 ▪ RStudio - Posit • Videos ◦ Honda (2013). The Cog. YouTube. ◦ @Colinoscopy. (2020). “made a Rube Goldberg machine”. X. ◦ OK GO. (2010). “This Too Shall Pass”. YouTube.