Overview Tonight, I’ll only have time to go over some mapping options I’ve been looking into. Mapping Library/API’s I think this stackshare comparision summarizes the confusion of mapping well. It compares three options, but those options are not apples to apples: leaflet(js) mapbox openlayers Leaflet is really just a javascript library for interacting with maps. But it doesn’t ship with the actual map. That’s the responsibility of mapbox and open layers.

Overview Over the last week, I became curious about where to find the source for Javascript built-in methods such as array concat, push, pop, etc. I came across a few Stackoverflow articles, most of which were out of date. However, they did put me on the right track. This article summarizes where I ended up. Bottom to Top The first way we can go about this is to start from the depths.

Sankey Charts Sankey charts (or diagram) are a type of flow diagram to show dynamic relationships in a system. Defintely check out the flow diagram article as there are other flow diagrams similar to Sankey. Plotly has an implementation of Sankey Diagrams that seem to look the most polished, though I still wish ApexCharts implemented something better. Nothing would beat the flexibility of a D3 Sankey implementation though. Here is a drawing by Captain Sankey of the efficiency of a steam engine.