While Model Trains

Read data blog posts.
Carefully handpicked.
Presented 3 at a time.

Open letter to journal editors: dynamite plots must die

Rafael Irizarry

A critique of dynamite plots and suggestions for better alternatives.

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Real-time machine learning: challenges and solutions

Chip Huyen

"Real-time machine learning is largely an infrastructure problem. Solving it will require the data science/ML team and the platform team to work together."

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Why Are so Many Babies Born around 8:00 A.M.?

Zan Armstrong

Unpacking how schedules and methods of birth influence the birthday timestamp in the US, featuring cool data visualizations.

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