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AI Means More Developers

Matt Rickard

"Developers that can write code but can’t wrangle dependencies or reason about code quality or maintenance will suffer. On the other hand, experienced developers will take on some of their work (as part of being more productive), and less experienced developers will use AI to deploy work more on par with their work."

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What to consider when using text in data visualizations

Lisa Charlotte Muth

An in-depth explanation on how to use text to enhance the visual appeal and readability of visualizations.

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Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive?

Colin Morris

A fascinating visual essay that utilizes the Lempel-Ziv algorithm (which powers GIFs, PNGs, and most archive formats) to analyze if pop songs are becoming more repetitive.

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