Add blog post on Positron community resources

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+title: "Customize Positron with these community-curated resources"
+date: 2026-04-06
+people:
+  - Isabella Velásquez
+  - Libby Heeren
+description: >
+  We've loved coming together to learn how community members are making Positron their own.
+image: thumbnail.png
+image-alt: "Screenshot of Positron IDE with custom extensions and themes"
+topics:
+  - Best Practices
+  - Community
+software:
+  - positron
+languages: []
+tags: []
+nohero: false
+hidesubscription: false
+---
+
+We’ve been having a blast at the Data Science Lab. It’s a new, experimental, and super informal weekly community call (which you can register for here: [pos.it/dslab](https://pos.it/dslab)\!). In the spirit of being bold and trying things out, Isabel Zimmerman and Davis Vaughan from the Positron dev team joined us for the very first Lab “pilot” back in November, sharing some of their favorite Positron settings and extensions.
+
+{{< video src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIYyeuZ_ISY" >}}
+
+The Lab with Isabel and Davis was so much fun that we officially started the series in December, and then, in January, we jumped at the chance to have [Andrew Heiss](https://bsky.app/profile/andrew.heiss.phd) from Georgia State University join us to share his favorite tips and tricks for his Positron data science workflow (and beyond). He even wrote a [helpful roundup on his blog\!](https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2026/01/13/dsl-positron-workflow/) Andrew’s workflow might give you data superpowers.
+
+{{< video src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqYbJoebrwE" >}}
+
+Following Andrew’s Data Science Lab, Emil Hvitfeldt felt inspired to write up his [list of extensions and settings on his blog](https://emilhvitfeldt.com/post/positron-settings-extensions/)\! We love community-event-driven development 😉
+
+Speaking of community: Libby posted on Bluesky about wanting Positron’s main title bar to function like RStudio’s, showing the project and git branch name, and Emil shared a setting he’d learned from Davis that does exactly that\! Want to customize your own Positron title bar? [Check out the post about the setting here](https://bsky.app/profile/libbyheeren.bsky.social/post/3m4zaeuomgs2w) and try it for yourself. It’s in the comments\!
+
+<blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:777eanw7giyjd76dwatpch3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4zaeuomgs2w" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiat23fkrdjgdd76pzy62plnjc7ro6qh5jtkyjqlxaxptdfg253sva" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">You know how in #RStudio, it puts your branch name at the top? Like &quot;project_name - branch - RStudio&quot; (shown here)
+
+I want that in #Positron 🤔 and I haven&#x27;t found a popular extension for it. (I think there is one that works in VSCode, but not in Positron!)
+
+Any ideas, #rstats #databs crew?<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:777eanw7giyjd76dwatpch3d/post/3m4zaeuomgs2w?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p>&mdash; Libby Heeren (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:777eanw7giyjd76dwatpch3d?ref_src=embed">@libbyheeren.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:777eanw7giyjd76dwatpch3d/post/3m4zaeuomgs2w?ref_src=embed">November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
+
+We highly recommend watching the Lab videos if you love hearing IDE thoughts and other off-the-cuff ideas, but if you are just itching to find the settings and extensions mentioned, there’s a list of resources below. Do you have your own Positron setting and extension list? Let us know all about it 💙
+
+### Keyboard shortcuts
+
+* [Emil's keyboard shortcut blog post](https://emilhvitfeldt.com/post/positron-key-bindings/)
+* [Positron docs on keyboard shortcuts](https://positron.posit.co/keyboard-shortcuts.html)
+* [Nathan Jeffery’s keybinding for reading RDS files into Positron](https://nathan-jeffery.netlify.app/blog/2025-08-26-read-rds-positron/)
+
+### Settings
+
+* [Native Tabs](https://lucasprag.com/posts/underrated-vscode-feature-native-tabs/)
+
+### Extensions
+
+<table>
+<colgroup>
+<col style="width: 40%;">
+<col style="width: 60%;">
+</colgroup>
+<thead>
+<tr>
+<th>Extension</th>
+<th>Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/atsyplenkov/pastum">Pastum</a><br><img src="images/image1.png" alt="Pastum extension logo with art deco style design" width="128"></td>
+<td>Like <a href="https://milesmcbain.github.io/datapasta/">datapasta</a>, but for Positron</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/grrrck/positron-plus-1-e">positron-plus-1-e</a><br><img src="images/image2.png" alt="Positron +1e extension logo featuring an atom symbol with +1e notation" width="128"></td>
+<td>Garrick Aden-Buie’s data science extension bundle package</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/oderwat/indent-rainbow">indent-rainbow</a><br><img src="images/image3.png" alt="indent-rainbow extension icon showing code with colored indent guides" width="128"></td>
+<td>Change the color of the indents in front of your text</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/mechatroner/rainbow-csv">Rainbow CSV extension</a><br><img src="images/image4.png" alt="Rainbow CSV extension logo with colorful CSV letters" width="128"></td>
+<td>Highlight columns in distinct colors</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/xiangda/enter-folder">Enter Folder</a><br><img src="images/image5.png" alt="Enter Folder extension icon showing a yellow folder with blue arrow" width="128"></td>
+<td>Make your folder look like the root folder, making your Positron file explorer work more similarly to RStudio’s File Pane</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://catppuccin.com/">Catppuccin themes</a><br><img src="images/image6.png" alt="Catppuccin theme logo featuring a cat mascot on pastel rainbow background" width="128"></td>
+<td>A cozy set of pastel themes used by many in the DS Lab community</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/aaron-bond/better-comments">Better Comments</a><br><img src="images/image7.png" alt="Better Comments extension icon with comment symbol //!" width="128"></td>
+<td>Categorize your to-dos</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/brunnerh/file-properties-viewer">File Properties Viewer</a><br><img src="images/image8.png" alt="File Properties Viewer extension icon showing a document with information symbol" width="128"></td>
+<td>Display a menu for file system properties</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/johnpapa/vscode-peacock">Peacock</a><br><img src="images/image9.png" alt="Peacock extension logo with colorful peacock feather design" width="128"></td>
+<td>Change your workspace colors, making the differences between projects more striking and noticeable</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/alefragnani/project-manager">Project Manager</a><br><img src="images/image10.png" alt="Project Manager extension icon showing a blue folder with bookmark" width="128"></td>
+<td>Switch between projects</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="https://open-vsx.org/extension/ban/spellright">Spell Right</a><br><img src="images/image11.png" alt="Spell Right extension icon showing abc with checkmark" width="128"></td>
+<td>Spell check your documents</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>