Ralph Spandl
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Ralph Spandl
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data visualization designer and founder of r42.ca

#dataviz · #LookerStudio · #PowerBI · #d3js · #measure – 🇨🇦 🇩🇪
Yes, fit text in a box with fixed width/height. Multi-line not so often, mostly because it is right now close to impossible.

The setting requires a min/max type size, as you often want to fix, but only to a certain size and then start truncating.

Same for icons, but that is already possible, no?
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
There is more to come, and certification is under way.

Always happy to get some feedback...
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Also worth mentioning:

The line chart is using SveltePlot from @driven-by-data.net under the hood. Such an amazing library. Gregor, hope you keep working on that!
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
They don’t try to reinvent the wheel, but they do offer a few things I’ve found useful:

→ Small multiples support
→ Thoughtful label placement, with options for data and series labels
→ Streamlined, slightly opinionated designs, making it easier to create good-looking visuals quickly
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
BTW, @chezvoila.com :

Bookmarks work!
bsky.app/profile/chez...

If I can't read it now, it doesn't mean that I won't find a more relaxed spot in life where I can read it. 😀
"I’ll read it later" (ie bookmarks) is one of the biggest lies we tell ourselves on the Internet.

If you don’t want to read it now, you won’t want later either.

Delicious closed a long time ago. Netflix knows our Watch later lists are a joke. Now, Pocket is out.
Client Challenge
support.mozilla.org
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The outcome is beautiful, but only the animation made me understand the data.

I also think data-art is totally legit 😉
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
You are right here for MTB and gravel. I can't see this tech persist for the road. Too messy.
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Not missing them. Clincher are just fine.

And tubeless will disappear even faster for everybody that doesn't have a mechanic.
October 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In Germany it probably depends to who you talk.

General public would use KI. In tech most would use AI, pretty much alike any other tech buzzword. And then again, a few would probably more precisely talk about LLMs...
September 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Looks like WebGL, maybe something like deck.gl?
August 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
🇮🇹
August 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
You found it!
August 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
That's a bummer! Hopefully you will learn more this way.
August 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
+ add all the options you have today using AI agents (while only Claude 4 knows the new syntax) and you shouldn't have any issues to tackle your projects.

You may not like that idea of using AI to code, but I think it is the future and will help us to get things just done.

My 5 cents. 😀
August 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I started with Svelte 5 and found it a real joy and relatively easy to pick up. Ok, I have some Vue.js experience (and found the transition to 3 a bit nightmarish), but still, Svelte is cleaner IMO.

Currently I just write components - no SvelteKit required at all.
August 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"rapidly aging population" is a funny expression, a bit like, "time flies". In some countries faster than in others. 😅
July 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🤣 mcgyverying
July 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Tough question! 😀

It's made for marketing folks and gets now slowly adapted to more enterprise/BI usage.

I like that it is very simple to start with (kind of like low-code environments), but then you hit a lot of walls, which leads to quirky solutions. It has a niche, but needs better visuals.
July 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
👍🏼 I ever you want more input, feel free to ping me. I did a lot of experiments from Looker Studio (lots of frustration) over Observable Framework (great, but limited) to Svelte (awesome, but high complexity). And I am only concerned about the representation layer... There is lots of stuff to cover.
July 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM