Analytics Dispatch 4/27/2020
Cheating at Scrabble with Python
THE MORE YOU KNOW
Things I Wished More Developers Knew About Databases
“Even though it is impossible to ignore how databases work, the problems that application developers foresee and experience will often be just the tip of the iceberg.” - Jaana B. Dogan
TRIPLE WORD SCORE
Using Python to Cheat at Scrabble
What do you do when you get sick of losing Scrabble to your mother? Turn to Python, of course! - Ari Lamstein
UPS AND DOWNS
The Unprecedented Line Charts of COVID-19
A collection of COVID-19 line charts that went haywire: oil prices, the Dow, unemployment, search terms, seismic noise, restaurant bookings, and more. - Ben Jones
NARROW ESCAPE
Sidewalks Widths NYC
Going for a quarantine stroll in New York isn’t just tricky because of population density—many sidewalks are simply too narrow to properly social distance. - Meli Harvey