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Preserving Visualization Work that Will Probably Break or Disappear

February 9, 2023

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Welcome to issue #225 of The Process, where we look closer at how the charts get made. I’m Nathan Yau, and this week I want to hold on to the really good visualization projects, because I know that they will eventually break and then disappear from existence — but also wonder if it’s better to just release the burden of permanence.

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