The toolbox that became a workshop
demotools sounds like a tidy little utility drawer, but its sustained updates and broad demographic flavor suggest the drawer has quietly expanded into an entire workshop.
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timriffe
Tim Riffe
A philosopher, trapped in a programmer's body, with a penchant for demography: data, demography, danger.
B
Solid engineer
Overall
75.6
/ 100
Roasts
Decomposition season
demodecomp takes the bold stance that one demographic answer is never enough, then keeps splitting the question until the spreadsheet starts asking for its own decomposition.
The Sullivan special
decomp_sullivan has the wonderfully specific energy of a repository created after one method refused to leave the research agenda alone.
Mortality, but make it modular
hmdhfdplus sounds like the sequel where mortality data returns with bonus health and frailty content, proving even grim statistics can get an expansion pack.
SQL enters the demography lab
ddsqltools is the crossover episode: demographic analysis meets SQL, presumably so the data can be queried before it gets decomposed again.
Category breakdown
Consistency
The visible portfolio shows sustained activity across many years, with numerous repositories updated in 2025-2026 and several active, non-fork projects.
Impact
The projects form a coherent, specialized body of demographic, mortality, decomposition, inequality, and coverage work, suggesting substantial practical and research value.
Quality
Repository names, non-fork ownership, active status, and repeated domain-specific tooling signal mature project intent, though implementation quality cannot be assessed from metadata alone.
Breadth
The supplied repositories are overwhelmingly R-based and concentrated in demography and population analysis, giving strong thematic variety but limited language and project-type variety.
Depth
The long-running profile, specialized tool repositories, and continued work across related analytical projects indicate sustained ownership and meaningful domain depth.
Community
Follower and star counts provide a modest positive signal, especially for demotools, but community evidence is limited and does not materially drive the other scores.
Stats
52-week commit heatmap
114 active daysLanguage distribution
1 langs
- R100%
Based on the bounded repository sample saved with this analysis.
Numbers
158
Public repos
269
Followers
330
Commits
1
History
Top repos
timriffe/phds_hle_2021
55
An R repository tied to a 2021 PhD-related project, with a clear academic focus but no recent update visible.
R · ★ 2
timriffe/demotools
78
A substantial, actively maintained R toolkit with the strongest visible community signal among the listed repositories.
R · ★ 68
timriffe/demodecomp
68
An actively updated R project focused on demographic decomposition, indicating specialized analytical scope.
R · ★ 11
timriffe/incdem
62
A recently updated R project centered on income or incidence demography, showing ongoing domain work.
R · ★ 0
timriffe/decomp_sullivan
64
A current R repository focused on Sullivan decomposition, reflecting specialized methodological work.
R · ★ 2
timriffe/bssd2026module2
58
A recently updated R module repository with an apparent educational or instructional focus.
R · ★ 2
timriffe/ms_dist
61
An active R project concerning mortality or survival distributions, with a focused technical premise.
R · ★ 1
timriffe/avsp2026r
56
A recent R repository whose name suggests an AVSP-related module or analysis, but metadata gives limited detail.
R · ★ 0
timriffe/hmdhfdplus
67
A recently updated R project concerning human mortality and health or frailty data, suggesting specialized applied analysis.
R · ★ 4
timriffe/ddsqltools
60
An R SQL-tools repository with a practical data-management orientation and a longer maintenance history.
R · ★ 7
timriffe/adultcoverage
52
An R repository focused on adult coverage, representing a narrower applied demographic topic with older visible activity.
R · ★ 2
timriffe/lifeineq
45
A forked R repository concerning life inequality; its presence adds topical context, but ownership evidence is weaker than for original projects.
R · ★ 2
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Rated 2026-08-10 · rating-rubric/3 · aging