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Data Table Highlighter

by @philrenaud

I've been building a Chrome extension[0] that highlights and shades data tables on the web. It's a fun little problem because you'd think there's an easy rule to apply, like "big numbers = green, small numbers = red, scale accordingly" but 1. a ton of data is just the opposite (like Earthquake casualties, or Batter strikeouts) or even ambiguous (like "cost" as a column header) So I've been using Jev (and other small decision models) to make decisions about cardinality and ordinality of the data before I shade it. It's become a super fun problem to solve as a result. [0]: https://practicaldata.dev/. It's open source.

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