VisiData Lightning Demo at PyCascades 2018

Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Saul Pwanson

Topic

terminal data exploration

Format

demo

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

11

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• visdata is pretty mind-blowing...at least, that's how i felt when i saw the demo the first time: [VIDEO]

• Highly recommend this as well, it has been a godsend for me for digging into multi-GB Cloudfront log files and extracting stats and patterns. There is a good (albeit a bit old now, as the interface has been overhauled since) quick demo video from VD's …

• Thanks for your comment - I wouldn't have clicked on the video link otherwise, and it was well worth it. For others who usually skip videos, here is a link which skips the intro, getting your time investment to under 4 minutes: [VIDEO]