Show HN: Flint-interactive, a language for interactive data visualizations (MSR)
Since we last built Flint earlier this year ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834924 ), we have been wondering if interactive charts can also find they home in terms of simple high-level specifications to allow AI agents to produce them easily, reliably and with high-quality. I have always been amazed by NYT interactive stories back in school, as they can always tell a fun story without super long verbose text write-ups; thus I have been wondering what if they can just be as easily create
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Source account: Since we last built Flint earlier this year ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834924 ), we have been wondering if interactive charts can also find they home in terms of simple high-level specifications to allow AI agents to produce them easily, reliably and with high-quality. I have always been amazed by NYT interactive stories back in school, as they can always tell a fun story without super long verbose text write-ups; thus I have been wondering what if they can just be as easily create
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