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Trustworthy data visualization
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (138+ words) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpj-zqkiiXQ Kieran Healy, a professor of sociology at Duke University, gives an enjoyable lecture on the limits of trust in data visualization. We were already approaching a place where people could say what they wanted with charts, regardless of what…...
Maintaining a vibe-coded internet
2+ mon, 20+ hour ago (103+ words) The internet runs on a foundation of open-source software, but codebases, the learning process, and project maintenance grows more muddled as it gets easier to produce code without knowing what any of it means. For the Financial Times, Sam Learner…...
What LLM speed looks like when generating output
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (110+ words) LLM speed is commonly expressed as tokens per second, which is kind of meaningless for the uninitiated. Mike Veerman made a more intuitive view for what various speeds look like. More tokens per second means faster generation, which you can…...
Weakness of a bar chart
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (116+ words) This is issue No. 389 of the Process, the member-only newsletter where we push past defaults. I’m Nathan Yau. This week, we talk limitations of the defaultiest of defaultiest chart types. To access this issue of The Process, you must be…...
Restraint in the visualization process
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (118+ words) Hi everyone. This is issue No. 387 of the Process, where we aim for the best charts in the land of infinite possibilities. I’m Nathan Yau. This week is about constraints. To access this issue of The Process, you must be…...
Visualization tools and resources, April 2026 roundup
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (131+ words) Hi everyone. This is issue No. 386 of the Process, where we aim for data graphics beyond defaults. I’m Nathan Yau. Every month I collect tools, datasets, and resources to help you make more useful data things. Here is what happened…...
Worthless overlay of information
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (136+ words) Hi everyone. This is issue No. 385 of the Process, the newsletter for members where we aim for quality in our data graphics over adding to a stream of worthless information. I’m Nathan Yau. This week we highlight an overlay that…...
Off the axes – FlowingData
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (121+ words) Hi everyone. This is issue No. 383 of the Process, where we aim for data graphics that beat the defaults. I’m Nathan Yau. This week we look for ways to diverge towards the unexpected. To access this issue of The Process,…...
Share small datasets stored in a URL
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (111+ words) For those who want to share small datasets in a more straightforward way, Ziptable by Evan Peck makes quick work of the task with a single link. Ziptable lets you share a small CSV or JSON dataset by sending a…...
Accumulating data – FlowingData
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (118+ words) Hi everyone. This is issue No. 382 of the Process, where we build towards charts beyond defaults. I’m Nathan Yau. This week is about small things adding up to big things. To access this issue of The Process, you must be…...