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VisiData Lightning Demo at PyCascades 2018

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What it is

A five-minute lightning demo of VisiData, a terminal tool for exploring and manipulating data. It uses two months of NYC 311 complaint data to drill down, plot points on a virtual map and save selected rows.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as the fastest way to understand what VisiData can do, since seeing it work is clearer than reading about it.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “visdata is pretty mind-blowing...at least, that's how i felt when i saw the demo the first time”

    Mind-blowing demo of VisiData.

    mxuribe, 2021-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Miller CLI – Like Awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for CSV, TSV and JSON”

  2. “Highly recommend this as well, it has been a godsend for me”

    Quick demo from VisiData's creator.

    nowahe, 2022-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)”

  3. “it was well worth it”

    Short demo of VisiData.

    miles, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “VisiData Lightning Demo at PyCascades 2018 [video]”

  4. “Like most viz, seeing it in action makes it much clearer than reading about it.”

    Demo shows VisiData in action.

    mwexler, 2020-10 · Recommendation · in “Visidata 2.0”

  5. “I'd simply suggest to take a look at this lightning demo (~5 mins)”

    Five-minute demo showing VisiData's power.

    asamarin, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “VisiData in 60 Seconds”

  6. “this video gives a pretty good idea of what it can do”

    Good overview of what VisiData can do.

    leonim, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “Visidata 2.5 (vi for data) released with new “duo-repo” approach”

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Topics: visidata, tui, csv, data analysis, python

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