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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · 11d

You can also import a browser-compatible bundle from the CDN as cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@observa... and for the runtime API cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@observa...

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Jo Wood @jwolondon.bsky.social · 28d

🚨#datavis Job alert 🚨

Fancy working with us in London as a researcher using @observablehq.com Plot for accessible #datavis?

To support people with language disability in the use of data visualization for everyday decision making.

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...

Details | City St George's, University of London

Details of job vacancy at City St George's,, University of London

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · 29d

And ya, it’s been a minute (or 214 days) since the last Plot release. We’ll get back to soon and ship a 1.0 release. Been busy between Canvases and Notebooks 2.0.

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · 29d

Observable Plot has crossed 100,000 weekly downloads (and very close to 5,000⭐️s)! observablehq.observablehq.cloud/oss-analytic...

A time-series chart shows daily downloads of Observable Plot from npm; downloads have grown from a couple thousand per day in October 2022 to about 15,000 per day in September 2025 (7-day moving average); a tooltip shows 20,229 downloads on September 10, 2025.

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · 29d

If we keep adding languages, we’re gonna need a bigger cell menu…

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · 29d

Observable Notebook Kit & Desktop 1.4 now support TypeScript cells, along with TypeScript for Node.js data loader cells. (Just type stripping, but greatly helps interoperability.)

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hrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @hrbrmstr.dev · Sep 14

This week, the Bonus Drop features a practical example of using Python data loaders in Observable Notebooks 2.0. They enhance notebook performance by executing code in advance, facilitating access to diverse data formats.

dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev/2025/09/14/b...

Bonus Drop #98 (2025-09-14): Observable Notebooks Data Loaders Example

This week, the Bonus Drop features a practical example of using Python data loaders in Observable Notebooks 2.0. Data loaders enhance notebook performance by executing code in advance, facilitating…

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Sep 14

It isn’t much work to support R/Rscript data loader cells (at least if you don’t mind a lack of syntax highlighting)… we’ll get to it soon. github.com/observablehq...

R data loaders · Issue #79 · observablehq/notebook-kit

Let’s add R, or more specifically Rscript, as a supported interpreter for data loader cells. The hard part is probably the lack of an officially supported Lezer grammar for the R language, but ther...

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Sep 11

A small but significantly useful victory: I got file association working with Observable Desktop.

A screenshot of the macOS file info window, showing a file that will open with Observable Desktop by default.

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Sep 10

Exciting to see what you’ve put together. Thank you for sharing!

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James King @jamesking.io · Sep 9

Big fan of @observablehq.com and since their preview release of Observable Notebooks 2.0 my team at Fora Health have integrated Notebook Kit into our app. Works really well so far. Quick demo ⬇️

screen.studio/share/TqvyfFbU

Observable Notebooks 2.0 in Fora Health — Screen Studio

Observable Notebooks 2.0 in Fora Health — Created and shared with Screen Studio

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Sep 10

Yes, we plan on adding more interpreters. You can upvote this issue to voice support: github.com/observablehq...

R data loaders · Issue #79 · observablehq/notebook-kit

Let’s add R, or more specifically Rscript, as a supported interpreter for data loader cells. The hard part is probably the lack of an officially supported Lezer grammar for the R language, but ther...

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Sep 10

Observable Notebook Kit and Desktop 1.3.0 are out, featuring data loader cells. You can now (finally!!) write Python and Node.js in notebooks. 🐍 observablehq.com/notebook-kit...

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Sep 9

Wow! Very cool. Love that you are including the notebooks in the download to encourage exploration.

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 29

Observable Notebook Kit and Desktop 1.2.0 add Google BigQuery and Databricks database connectors! observablehq.com/notebook-kit...

A screenshot of querying the most frequent words in the works of Shakespeare, with a simple horizontal bar chart below.

A screenshot of querying a dataset of taxi trips in New York City, counting the number of trips per day, with a simple time-series bar chart below.

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 28

Oops, seems I broke sign-in in yesterday’s Observable Desktop 1.1.0, but it should be fixed now in 1.1.1. Was it broken for you? Is it fixed now? Please give it a try and let me know. observablehq.com/notebook-kit...

Observable Desktop | Observable

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 28

I would love to see that! We’re not using Arrow yet to serialize the results (instead using JSON array-of-objects, mostly because it’s easy), but I’m planning on switching to Arrow tables in memory and possibly Parquet for files in the future.

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 27

Wow, that was fast. 🏎️💨 Nice work! Also a tip: SQL cells declare their own DatabaseClient internally when you use the database attribute (unless you set it to something like `var:db`) so no need to declare one in JavaScript unless you want to use it in JavaScript.

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 27

This release additionally includes a handful of bug fixes and new Notebook Kit APIs. Thank you for the feedback and contributions! github.com/observablehq...

Release v1.1.0 · observablehq/notebook-kit

Add database connectors for DuckDB, Snowflake, Postgres, and SQLite. Add support for database and output properties on SQL cells. Add support for query caching to SQL cells. Add DatabaseClient to t...

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 27

Observable Notebook Kit and Desktop 1.1 are out. Headline feature: database connectors! 🎉 You can now query DuckDB, SQLite, Postgres, and Snowflake directly from notebooks. And it’s self-hosted. And it saves results automatically for performance and stable analysis. observablehq.com/notebook-kit...

Observable Notebooks Database connectors | Observable

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 27

We’ve also been building Observable Canvases which is a more visual, cross-functional, collaborative medium for data analysis and dashboarding. observablehq.com/platform/can...

Observable: Explore and visualize data together

Observable's collaborative data canvas helps you explore data, perform analysis, and build expressive charts and dashboards.

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 27

In Observable’s case we’ve been working on Notebooks 2.0 which incorporates many of the ideas of Framework back into notebooks. observablehq.com/notebook-kit/

Observable Notebooks 2.0 Technology Preview | Observable

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Observable @observablehq.com · Aug 26

📣 Today we’re announcing big updates in Observable Canvases. Learn about our growing suite of built-in, interactive charts (Sankey diagrams, arc maps, beeswarms + more), new embeds and dashboards for fast sharing, added Postgres and Databricks support, and more:

Observable Canvases: New chart types, dashboards, and easier ways to share

Our biggest release yet for Observable Canvases is here with new chart types, support for internal embedding, and dashboard creation.

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 26

The Notebooks 2.0 gallery now has a dedicated page! observablehq.com/notebook-kit...

Observable Notebooks 2.0 Gallery | Observable

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Mike Bostock @ocks.org · Aug 19

On local computer using DuckDB’s Node.js (neo) bindings. It’s built-in to Observable Desktop and Notebook Kit. github.com/observablehq...

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