Readit NewsWe use ECharts extensively in Evidence (https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence). Overall has been a delight.
amcaskill commented on SQL pipe syntax available in public preview in BigQuery cloud.google.com/bigquery... · Posted by u/marcyb5st
LookML does seem to have invested a lot in compilation to different SQL backends, generally using the best syntax for each.
Unfortunately the frontend is so tightly tied to the Looker BI stuff, and it can't really express arbitrary queries without going through lots of hassle.
Its unclear what Google is doing with Looker. Its would be interesting to imagine what LookML would be like as an independent SQL tool chain.
The creator of LookML is actually working on that with a OSS project called Malloy.
amcaskill commented on Mac Mini G4 – The best « classic » Macintosh for retro-gaming? xtof.info/MacMiniG4-the-b... · Posted by u/freediver
MacMall accidentally sent my dad a box of Marathon games, probably meant for a store's shelves.
Marathon ended up being one of my favorite games from that era. The Windows kids had games like Doom and Quake, but we had Marathon.
Mac marketshare was so small at the time that there was an implicit craftsmanship that came from anyone targeting Mac - you expected higher quality, because they cared enough to use Macs in the first place. (Some of that mentality lives on to this day.) Of course id made great games too, some of which did eventually come to the Mac.
Marathon is a first person shooter, set in space. It has a compelling storyline, as well as fun art and weapons.
My dad's office had an AppleTalk network, which was kind of like Ethernet but strung together with regular phone cables. I used to bribe my little brother to commandeer the network with me and play Marathon.
There were ultimately 3 Marathon games, that were eventually open sourced and ported everywhere. You can find them online and on Steam as Aleph One.
Fun fact: the game that launched the Xbox was originally made for the Mac. Bungie, the creators of Marathon, showed off their new game Halo at the Macworld conference. The hype train went through the ceiling, and Microsoft bought it as a launch title for their new gaming project.
Since then, Sony bought the rest of Bungie and is preparing to launch a new game in the Marathon universe.
I found the demo version of Marathon so terrifying at that age that I never pursued it!
I will have to give it another go.
amcaskill commented on Mac Mini G4 – The best « classic » Macintosh for retro-gaming? xtof.info/MacMiniG4-the-b... · Posted by u/freediver
Some other classic Mac OS 9.2 compatible games from that era, ranked:
1. Command and Conquer
2. Rainbow Six
3. Total Annihilation
4. Unreal Tournament
amcaskill commented on Visualizing Dimensional Relationships qlikdork.com/2024/12/visu... · Posted by u/andreykh
I really like this tree viz.
I built a “dimension grid” component along these lines last year.
What a mindblowing project!
Are you guys looking for people? Haha
Thank you, for sure - feel free to send me an email: adam at evidence.dev
Anyone know of any "data navigation" UXs like the post mentions? I'd bet someone out there is working on something like it.
We’re working on a static site generator for data analysts called evidence. It’s an alternative to conventional BI tools.
Procedurally generating pages from data and linking them together is a core part of the offering. In many applications this is far easier for users than presenting them with a conventional filter interface.
The best (for me) of these that I’ve tried so far is conductor.build
They have a different UI orientation, and it’s more locked into Claude code, but it might be good inspiration for your future plans. They get the git worktree setup and teardown and managing dev servers part of it right IMO.