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Mike Bostock

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@mbostock

Creator of D3 and co-founder of Observable, Bostock makes visualization infrastructure that's become foundational to the field—from d3 to practical utilities like shapefile for spatial data parsing and stack for presentation-driven storytelling.

Crossfilter. I built a tool that filters millions of records in your browser instantly.

6.2k

Delaunator. I built a fast JavaScript tool that triangulates scattered points.

2.6k

Cubism. I built a tool that visualizes live data streams as interactive charts.

4.9k

Notebook Kit. I made a tool that turns Observable Notebooks into websites.

331

TopoJSON. I built a format that makes map files smaller by sharing geography.

4.9k

US Atlas. I packaged U.S. Census maps into files ready to visualize.

921

ArraySource. I made a way to read arrays as standard data streams.

6

Relative Time. I made a tool that displays dates in everyday language across all languages.

4

Queue. I made a tiny tool that runs background tasks with controlled speed.

1.4k

Topoedit. I built a visual editor for geographic map data files.

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US Rivers. I made a detailed map of every U.S. river and stream.

124

Flood Fill. I made a tool that fills connected areas with random colors.

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Shapefile. I built a tool that reads geographic map data files in JavaScript.

807

Stack. I made a presentation tool where scrolling replaces slide clicks.

1.1k

Gistup. I built a tool that uploads files to GitHub snippets and lets you update them with git.

484

Solar Calculator. I built a tool that calculates the sun's position for any date and place.

154

Node Envy. I made a tool that runs browser code on servers.

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Crom Test Bar. I wrote a test tool for checking software package dependencies.

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Mongo-Mock. I made an in-memory fake MongoDB for unit testing.

16

ASCII. I built a tool that converts special characters in JavaScript code to simple text.

12

Isoformat. I built a date formatter that makes dates shorter and more readable.

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Path Data. I built a tool that cleans up and standardizes SVG shape instructions.

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JSON to Module. I built a tool that converts JSON files into reusable code modules.

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File Source. I built a way to read files in chunks using standard web stream patterns.

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Cube Logplex. I built a tool that shows Heroku app logs as a live dashboard.

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NNS. I wrote a tool for building interactive charts on websites.

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Topotree. I built a tool that finds relationships between shapes on maps.

15

Stream Source. I wrote a tool that reads Node streams using browser-standard stream methods.

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RW. I fixed how Node reads and writes piped data so it actually works.

118

CStree. I built a format for storing tree data as comma-separated text.

11

RW. I built a simpler tool for reading and writing files.

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world-atlas. Pre-built TopoJSON from Natural Earth.

1.2k

Mappy. I made a tool that draws maps on servers without opening a browser.

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Hide Flickr Eyebrow. I made a Chrome extension that removes Flickr's annoying interface elements.

3

Polly-B-Gone. I made a 3D physics puzzle game where a robot escapes a laboratory.

64

Hexbin. I made a tool that groups scattered data points into hexagonal patterns.

249

Crom Test. I made a test tool for checking if code dependencies work together.

2

ndjson-cli. I made command-line tools for processing JSON data streams.

280

Just ASCII. I wrote a tool that converts special characters in JavaScript to plain ASCII.

6

Rollup Test Case. I created a test case that reproduces a Rollup bundling issue.

2

Svjimmy. I made a bookmarklet that saves SVG images as PNG files.

75

Framework Help. I gathered examples and answers for Observable Framework questions.

9

Path Source. I built a tool that reads files and web pages as standard streams.

5

Sankey. I made a tool that draws flow diagrams showing how things move between places.

933

InternMap. I built a smarter Map that treats equivalent values as the same key.

37

Git Static. I made a file server that pulls directly from your Git history.

115

Mike Bostock. I made a redirect to my portfolio website.

21

ColorBrewer Theme. I made color themes for Sublime Text based on proven color science.

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Preamble. I built a tool that generates copyright headers from project metadata.

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Twitch Chat Relay. I built a service that lets apps listen to Twitch chat messages.

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