R and Python are often treated as two separate worlds. R is loved for statistics, reporting, and tidy data workflows. Python dominates machine learning, automation, and production pipelines. But in real projects, you rarely have the luxury of choosing only one. That’s where reticulate comes in. It gives you a clean, stable way to run Python inside R — in the same script, the same R Markdown file, or the same Quarto document. In this guide, I’ll show you how to set up reticulate, how to call Python from R, and how to build a simple workflow that mixes both languages without friction. Why combine R and Python?…