Idyll – toolkit for creating data-driven stories and explorable explanations
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderHi HN! So cool to see this on the front page. I'm a CS PhD student at University of Washington, this is one of my research projects. If you're interested in more details you can see the full paper on the project here: https://idl.cs.washington.edu/papers/idyll/ I'm happy to answer any questions about this or the space of interactive writing and data visualization generally
It's great to see Idyll pop up on HN. I'm the creator of the project and have been working on it as part of my PhD research at the University of Washington. We've had a busy year, including receiving a donation from Albert Wenger [1], which is being used to hire another developer to work on the project. Feel free to ask any questions in this thread and I'll do my best to provide thoughtful responses. [1] http://continuations.com/post/166234021110/support-idyll-int...
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 283
- Total comments
- 30
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-05 | Idyll Language – Author interactive narratives for the webFirst breakout | iamwil | 113 | 22 |
| 2020-08-06 | Idyll – markup language and toolkit for writing interactive articles | brianzelip | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-01-02 | Idyll – toolkit for creating data-driven stories and explorable explanationsBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | felixr | 168 | 8 |