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Data Visualization

Oxide and Friends · 15 Mar 2024 · 1h 25m · Episode 7

What this episode covers

Bryan Cantrill, Adam Leventhal, and Charlie Park of Oxide Computer Company discuss data visualization as a tool for engineering insight, covering tools like gnuplot, Flame Graphs, and state maps. They analyze Edward Tufte’s Napoleon chart and Abraham Wald’s survivorship bias diagram to illustrate how visualization reveals hidden patterns and selection biases. The conversation also explores practical applications, including ASCII visualizations in DTrace, the Kartlytics tool for Mario Kart analytics, and using LLMs to assist with complex plotting tasks.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Oxide Computer Company
Tools
gnuplot, Flame Graphs, DTrace, ParaView, Kartlytics, Tableau, Ratatouille, Graphviz, ChatGPT

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