The Atlas of Global Development
A look behind the scenes


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Tools

Collaborative editing
Text, visualization configurations
Data for visualizations
Back end
Javascript
Routing, page templates, components
Visualization friendly
Front end




Pixi.js
Particles
SVG
D3: scales, other utilities
Visualizations


Github Pages
Deployment
R and the tidyverse
Data processing







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Visualization process












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How I use AI

TL;DR: very cautiously
Chatgpt
Create simple utility functions: data conversion, ...
Explain code snippets written by others
Explain how to use unfamiliar libraries and functions
Detect syntax issues
Gives Python and Svelte 4 output by default

Github Copilot
When AI needs to see my code
Always in "Ask" mode, never in "Agent"
Very easy to leak secrets
Advice on implementation strategies
Plan new complex features
mAI
When I need to navigate the World Bank bureaucracy

TL;DR:
For boring stuff
To learn new stuff
To plan and decide on big stuff

A look behind the scenes of the Atlas of Global Development
By maartenzam
A look behind the scenes of the Atlas of Global Development
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