The Gamma: Democratizing data science

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A browser-based environment called The Gamma exposes and runs the source behind charts so readers can tweak parameters, swap countries and see live editable visualization scripts that preview instantly; it uses F# type providers to pull World Bank and CSV data, compiles to JS with Fable compiling to JavaScript, and implements an Elm-style update/render architecture. Demos include Olympic medal aggregation (Michael Phelps tops medal lists) and an interactive UK spending quiz; the components run in-browser and are published on NPM/GitHub.

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1. 0:00Introduction and motivation
2. 1:09Post-truth politics and data skepticism
3. 3:14F# type providers for data access
4. 8:17World Bank carbon emissions demo
5. 12:13Introducing The Gamma project
6. 15:36JavaScript visualization with Fable
7. 18:43Bridging spreadsheets and programming
8. 19:04Olympic medals data exploration
9. 21:34Implementation with Elm-style architecture
10. 24:07Fable demo with to-do list
11. 28:49Interactive government spending quiz
12. 31:01Composable chart library in F#
13. 32:27Summary and Q&A

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