Ben Kates (he/him)
@benkates.com
Data Product Engineering and Data Visualization - benkates.com - formerly at the Urban Institute
Leading web engineering, data viz design, and requirements gathering taught me a ton about building performant, dynamic data products. Grateful for the #svelte and #d3js communities and colleague @mitchellthorson.com.
Project: apps.urban.org/features/edu...
GitHub: github.com/UrbanInstitu...
Project: apps.urban.org/features/edu...
GitHub: github.com/UrbanInstitu...
July 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Leading web engineering, data viz design, and requirements gathering taught me a ton about building performant, dynamic data products. Grateful for the #svelte and #d3js communities and colleague @mitchellthorson.com.
Project: apps.urban.org/features/edu...
GitHub: github.com/UrbanInstitu...
Project: apps.urban.org/features/edu...
GitHub: github.com/UrbanInstitu...
This tool gives access to 60+ metrics tracking student milestones and resources as they move toward the workforce—available at state, county, and Census tract levels, with six disaggregates and trended over time.
July 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This tool gives access to 60+ metrics tracking student milestones and resources as they move toward the workforce—available at state, county, and Census tract levels, with six disaggregates and trended over time.
Thank you so much Alvin!! Agreed, and while in the moment it feels like a roadblock it's really just leading us to the next evolution! Appreciate you taking a look, keep up the great work
July 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Thank you so much Alvin!! Agreed, and while in the moment it feels like a roadblock it's really just leading us to the next evolution! Appreciate you taking a look, keep up the great work
Thank you Jacque and Mitchell!! Very proud of the engineering and design decisions we made on this one!
May 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thank you Jacque and Mitchell!! Very proud of the engineering and design decisions we made on this one!
Repo found here! https://github.com/texas-2036/covid_tracker/ (👀 the size of the app.R file)
GitHub - texas-2036/covid_tracker: This is a Texas-centric COVID Tracker that focuses on impacts felt across the state, both by those experiencing COVID-19 directly as patients or victims and those experiencing COVID-19 indirectly through economic hardship and other non-health impacts.
This is a Texas-centric COVID Tracker that focuses on impacts felt across the state, both by those experiencing COVID-19 directly as patients or victims and those experiencing COVID-19 indirectly t...
github.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Repo found here! https://github.com/texas-2036/covid_tracker/ (👀 the size of the app.R file)
Liked the use of these in particular:
📦metathis: SEO/social media sharing friendly tags
📦shinyLP: nice landing page (LP) experience
📦highcharter: charts, great custom theming
📦leaflet.extras: what it sounds like :)
📦waiter: loading screens
📦sever: disconnected screen
📦metathis: SEO/social media sharing friendly tags
📦shinyLP: nice landing page (LP) experience
📦highcharter: charts, great custom theming
📦leaflet.extras: what it sounds like :)
📦waiter: loading screens
📦sever: disconnected screen
February 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Liked the use of these in particular:
📦metathis: SEO/social media sharing friendly tags
📦shinyLP: nice landing page (LP) experience
📦highcharter: charts, great custom theming
📦leaflet.extras: what it sounds like :)
📦waiter: loading screens
📦sever: disconnected screen
📦metathis: SEO/social media sharing friendly tags
📦shinyLP: nice landing page (LP) experience
📦highcharter: charts, great custom theming
📦leaflet.extras: what it sounds like :)
📦waiter: loading screens
📦sever: disconnected screen