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I'll update the starter pack.
I'm looking for accounts that are posting dataviz regularly. It is not a who's who, it is not meant to bring followers, it doesn't surface rare posters. Its purpose is to bring dataviz content to its subscribers.
Suggestions?
I'm looking for accounts that are posting dataviz regularly. It is not a who's who, it is not meant to bring followers, it doesn't surface rare posters. Its purpose is to bring dataviz content to its subscribers.
Suggestions?
Just learned we’re on @chezvoila.com’s starter pack. Didn’t really know what starter packs are. Neat! Thank you! Good list! go.bsky.app/R3nSyyy
September 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I'll update the starter pack.
I'm looking for accounts that are posting dataviz regularly. It is not a who's who, it is not meant to bring followers, it doesn't surface rare posters. Its purpose is to bring dataviz content to its subscribers.
Suggestions?
I'm looking for accounts that are posting dataviz regularly. It is not a who's who, it is not meant to bring followers, it doesn't surface rare posters. Its purpose is to bring dataviz content to its subscribers.
Suggestions?
New podcast: Last week, we launched a total rewrite of notebooks. Contra Joel Spolsky’s advice, @ocks.org has done many rewrites, from TiVo to Protovis to D3, and itches to do many more. Why? www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP1R...
Never don’t rewrite | Observable Podcast
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September 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
New podcast: Last week, we launched a total rewrite of notebooks. Contra Joel Spolsky’s advice, @ocks.org has done many rewrites, from TiVo to Protovis to D3, and itches to do many more. Why? www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP1R...
Just learned we’re on @chezvoila.com’s starter pack. Didn’t really know what starter packs are. Neat! Thank you! Good list! go.bsky.app/R3nSyyy
September 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Just learned we’re on @chezvoila.com’s starter pack. Didn’t really know what starter packs are. Neat! Thank you! Good list! go.bsky.app/R3nSyyy
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observable's community is just stacked with talent
Simulation of binary black holes.
Original concept by Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13831
Relativistic GLSL ray-tracing notebook by @nxrix.bsky.social observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
Starfield & orbit controls by @laotzunami.bsky.social observablehq.com/d/cca8d2013f...
Original concept by Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13831
Relativistic GLSL ray-tracing notebook by @nxrix.bsky.social observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
Starfield & orbit controls by @laotzunami.bsky.social observablehq.com/d/cca8d2013f...
September 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Simulation of binary black holes.
Original concept by Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13831
Relativistic GLSL ray-tracing notebook by @nxrix.bsky.social observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
Starfield & orbit controls by @laotzunami.bsky.social observablehq.com/d/cca8d2013f...
Original concept by Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13831
Relativistic GLSL ray-tracing notebook by @nxrix.bsky.social observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
Starfield & orbit controls by @laotzunami.bsky.social observablehq.com/d/cca8d2013f...
September 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Simulation of binary black holes.
Original concept by Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13831
Relativistic GLSL ray-tracing notebook by @nxrix.bsky.social observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
Starfield & orbit controls by @laotzunami.bsky.social observablehq.com/d/cca8d2013f...
Original concept by Jeremy Schnittman and Brian P. Powell svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13831
Relativistic GLSL ray-tracing notebook by @nxrix.bsky.social observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
Starfield & orbit controls by @laotzunami.bsky.social observablehq.com/d/cca8d2013f...
September 6, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Lots of fixes/improvements since Tuesday’s relaunch: DatabaseClient backwards compatibility, BigQuery, more granular permissions, more prominent query cache ages, paste/drop files into editor. We’re sorry for the disruption and grateful for your feedback! observablehq.com/@observableh...
September 5, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Lots of fixes/improvements since Tuesday’s relaunch: DatabaseClient backwards compatibility, BigQuery, more granular permissions, more prominent query cache ages, paste/drop files into editor. We’re sorry for the disruption and grateful for your feedback! observablehq.com/@observableh...
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I had a few minutes between meetings this afternoon and tinkered with the new Observable chat. I attached a geoJSON file and made a beautiful map with a data table and bar chart alongside it in under 5 minutes. I can’t wait to explore it further.
The new programmatic file attachment API is pretty cool and also powers our new fetch caching. observablehq.com/@observableh...
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September 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I had a few minutes between meetings this afternoon and tinkered with the new Observable chat. I attached a geoJSON file and made a beautiful map with a data table and bar chart alongside it in under 5 minutes. I can’t wait to explore it further.
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The new programmatic file attachment API is pretty cool and also powers our new fetch caching. observablehq.com/@observableh...
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September 2, 2026 at 1:09 AM
The new programmatic file attachment API is pretty cool and also powers our new fetch caching. observablehq.com/@observableh...
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Our data connectors are serverless Vercel functions. We stream Arrow IPC back to the client, using Flechette on the client to read tables. The client also automatically saves query results to the notebook. observablehq.com/@observableh...
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September 2, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Our data connectors are serverless Vercel functions. We stream Arrow IPC back to the client, using Flechette on the client to read tables. The client also automatically saves query results to the notebook. observablehq.com/@observableh...
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It’s finally here! So excited to be working out in the open again and for you all to try the new Observable. bsky.app/profile/obse...
For more than a year, we’ve been quietly building an all-new Observable. Today, that new Observable is live on observablehq.com. Read Mike @ocks.org’s announcement: observablehq.com/@observableh...
September 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
It’s finally here! So excited to be working out in the open again and for you all to try the new Observable. bsky.app/profile/obse...
For more than a year, we’ve been quietly building an all-new Observable. Today, that new Observable is live on observablehq.com. Read Mike @ocks.org’s announcement: observablehq.com/@observableh...
September 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
For more than a year, we’ve been quietly building an all-new Observable. Today, that new Observable is live on observablehq.com. Read Mike @ocks.org’s announcement: observablehq.com/@observableh...
Reminded of @domoritz.de’s thread by @keenancrane.bsky.social. When we developed Observable Plot in 2021, it was most notably “easier” than writing D3. When our agent writes Plot today, it is most notably “more coherent” (concise, compact, consistent) than having it write D3.
August 26, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Reminded of @domoritz.de’s thread by @keenancrane.bsky.social. When we developed Observable Plot in 2021, it was most notably “easier” than writing D3. When our agent writes Plot today, it is most notably “more coherent” (concise, compact, consistent) than having it write D3.
Helping people with notebooks is always a joy in that it teaches us about their domain. Jonathon Keeney had a random support question and ended up teaching us how the human genome incorporates something like git branching.
August 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Helping people with notebooks is always a joy in that it teaches us about their domain. Jonathon Keeney had a random support question and ended up teaching us how the human genome incorporates something like git branching.
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#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Aug 13, 1882 William Stanley Jevons died in Hastings, England 🇬🇧
In 1863, he invented semi-log charts to show percent changes of commodity prices
💀Aug 13, 1882 William Stanley Jevons died in Hastings, England 🇬🇧
In 1863, he invented semi-log charts to show percent changes of commodity prices
August 14, 2026 at 2:32 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Aug 13, 1882 William Stanley Jevons died in Hastings, England 🇬🇧
In 1863, he invented semi-log charts to show percent changes of commodity prices
💀Aug 13, 1882 William Stanley Jevons died in Hastings, England 🇬🇧
In 1863, he invented semi-log charts to show percent changes of commodity prices
Missing Wednesday’s or planning your next eclipse? new.observablehq.com/@christophe-...
August 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Missing Wednesday’s or planning your next eclipse? new.observablehq.com/@christophe-...
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I have a long term project walking the 'Wainwrights' (Lake District summits). To add interest I am doing them only using public transport and my feet (like Wainwright) and in book order (like Wainwright!).
This weekend I completed Book 2. I've been mapping my routes using @observablehq.com Plot.
This weekend I completed Book 2. I've been mapping my routes using @observablehq.com Plot.
August 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I have a long term project walking the 'Wainwrights' (Lake District summits). To add interest I am doing them only using public transport and my feet (like Wainwright) and in book order (like Wainwright!).
This weekend I completed Book 2. I've been mapping my routes using @observablehq.com Plot.
This weekend I completed Book 2. I've been mapping my routes using @observablehq.com Plot.
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Yep, it’s a completely different approach. Rather than compiling TypeScript to JavaScript before parsing, we now parse the TypeScript directly and then erase type annotations.
August 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Yep, it’s a completely different approach. Rather than compiling TypeScript to JavaScript before parsing, we now parse the TypeScript directly and then erase type annotations.
Notebook Kit 2.2.0 replaces the typescript dependency with @sveltejs/acorn-typescript, bringing the package’s minified & gzipped size down from 1 MB to 71 kB. github.com/observablehq...
Release v2.2.0 · observablehq/notebook-kit
Replace typescript dependency with @sveltejs/acorn-typescript. #180
Implement Files.buffer using blob.arrayBuffer instead of FileReader.
Implement Files.text using blob.text instead of FileReader.
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August 5, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Notebook Kit 2.2.0 replaces the typescript dependency with @sveltejs/acorn-typescript, bringing the package’s minified & gzipped size down from 1 MB to 71 kB. github.com/observablehq...
We’re at 199,950 public notebooks. Gonna need fireworks or something in a bit… new.observablehq.com/public
August 4, 2026 at 11:02 AM
We’re at 199,950 public notebooks. Gonna need fireworks or something in a bit… new.observablehq.com/public
We’ve been rebuilding the editor atop the foundation of Notebook Kit and portable files in an open format. You can’t necessarily tell yet, since there’s no button… but thanks to James for seeing it!
See also @nxrix.bsky.social’s remarkable depicted notebook: new.observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
See also @nxrix.bsky.social’s remarkable depicted notebook: new.observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
I am sure that @observablehq.com will add this feature soon, but until then…
I made a tool that exports Observable Notebooks 2.0 documents from the new Observable site. Useful for editing locally in Observable Desktop.
tools.jamesking.io/observable-n...
I made a tool that exports Observable Notebooks 2.0 documents from the new Observable site. Useful for editing locally in Observable Desktop.
tools.jamesking.io/observable-n...
August 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM
We’ve been rebuilding the editor atop the foundation of Notebook Kit and portable files in an open format. You can’t necessarily tell yet, since there’s no button… but thanks to James for seeing it!
See also @nxrix.bsky.social’s remarkable depicted notebook: new.observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
See also @nxrix.bsky.social’s remarkable depicted notebook: new.observablehq.com/@nxrix/binar...
With the memory bottleneck driving up the cost of compute, enterprises are trying to control costs. Save money with François Viète’s c. 1600 technique for the manual digit-by-digit calculation of square roots, explained & visualized here by @cyamahata.bsky.social new.observablehq.com/@christophe-...
July 31, 2026 at 7:42 PM
With the memory bottleneck driving up the cost of compute, enterprises are trying to control costs. Save money with François Viète’s c. 1600 technique for the manual digit-by-digit calculation of square roots, explained & visualized here by @cyamahata.bsky.social new.observablehq.com/@christophe-...
“Cover a sphere with equally spaced dots” — original notebook by Jim Bumgardner, recently forked and fixed by John Wiseman. new.observablehq.com/d/15e996683f...
July 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
“Cover a sphere with equally spaced dots” — original notebook by Jim Bumgardner, recently forked and fixed by John Wiseman. new.observablehq.com/d/15e996683f...
Here @laotzunami.bsky.social “visualizes datasets and their inner joins with proportional Venn diagrams.” new.observablehq.com/@laotzunami/...
July 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Here @laotzunami.bsky.social “visualizes datasets and their inner joins with proportional Venn diagrams.” new.observablehq.com/@laotzunami/...
Here @fil.rezo.net reproduces @climatecasino.net’s chart, using warped gridlines to represent both the absolute temperature and the deviation from the historical mean for each day of the year. new.observablehq.com/@fil/godzill...
July 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Here @fil.rezo.net reproduces @climatecasino.net’s chart, using warped gridlines to represent both the absolute temperature and the deviation from the historical mean for each day of the year. new.observablehq.com/@fil/godzill...