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  "path": "/2026/05/25/50-hours-to-draw-some-lines",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T04:45:42.000Z",
  "site": "https://myles.garden",
  "tags": [
    "Data Visualisation",
    "drawing data visualisations completely by hand"
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  "textContent": "Doug MacDowell writes about drawing data visualisations completely by hand.\n\n> “What are you working on these days?”\n>  “Data visualizations.” I told him.\n>  “Ah, you using algorithms, machine learning, cloud computing, things like that?”\n>  “No.” I said. “I’m just trying to draw a line graph.”\n\n> My neighbor thought I was getting into some complex sh**. But what’s been more interesting to me lately than using […] is **learning to draw data by hand**. 50 Hours to Draw Some Lines is about spending more than a week on something that software can accomplish in 20 minutes - and a catalog of resources and methods acquired along the way.",
  "title": "Bookmarked 50 Hours to Draw Some Lines by Doug MacDowell."
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