The volume of new CRAN submissions has outpaced the curator's ability to vet them, turning the long‑running "Top 40" roundup into a relentless grind. The author, who has tracked the most interesting packages for years, now spends weeks sifting through hundreds of releases each month, a task that used to take a single day.

A recent plot shows monthly new packages climbing sharply, mirroring the broader AI‑driven app explosion. The author argues that low entry barriers let almost any code reach CRAN, but many additions lack substance. In May, 40 of 323 new packages arrived without a README, vignette, or repository link, raising doubts about their utility.

Documentation gaps dominate the quality signal, prompting a call for community feedback. The author invites developers to comment on Issue #68 in the R Works GitHub repo, hoping to separate genuine methodological advances from filler code. The surge underscores a need for stricter contribution standards on CRAN.