Nael Shiab
@naelshiab.bsky.social
Senior data producer, CBC/Radio-Canada. Behind https://github.com/nshiab/simple-data-analysis and https://code-like-a-journalist.com/. More on https://naelshiab.com/.
The screen capture API works beautifully! Thanks @fubits.dev !
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The screen capture API works beautifully! Thanks @fubits.dev !
P.S.: I still think Python and R are incredible programming languages with amazing libraries and packages, like pandas and the tidyverse.
The great thing is that you can also use DuckDB with them!
duckdb.org
4/4 🧵
The great thing is that you can also use DuckDB with them!
duckdb.org
4/4 🧵
An in-process SQL OLAP database management system
DuckDB is an in-process SQL OLAP database management system. Simple, feature-rich, fast & open source.
duckdb.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
P.S.: I still think Python and R are incredible programming languages with amazing libraries and packages, like pandas and the tidyverse.
The great thing is that you can also use DuckDB with them!
duckdb.org
4/4 🧵
The great thing is that you can also use DuckDB with them!
duckdb.org
4/4 🧵
Under the hood, the simple-data-analysis library uses the incredibly fast @duckdb.org and its extensions. If you want to check it out, here's the repo: github.com/nshiab/simpl...
And if you want to make my day, test it and, if you enjoy it, give it a ⭐!
3/4 🧵
And if you want to make my day, test it and, if you enjoy it, give it a ⭐!
3/4 🧵
GitHub - nshiab/simple-data-analysis: Easy-to-use and high-performance TypeScript library for data analysis. Works with tabular, geospatial and vector data.
Easy-to-use and high-performance TypeScript library for data analysis. Works with tabular, geospatial and vector data. - nshiab/simple-data-analysis
github.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Under the hood, the simple-data-analysis library uses the incredibly fast @duckdb.org and its extensions. If you want to check it out, here's the repo: github.com/nshiab/simpl...
And if you want to make my day, test it and, if you enjoy it, give it a ⭐!
3/4 🧵
And if you want to make my day, test it and, if you enjoy it, give it a ⭐!
3/4 🧵
For geospatial data, it's 3x-5x faster to join and count the trees in each Montreal neighbourhood.
I started working on the library 3 years ago. I was tired of switching between R/Python/JavaScript in my projects and wanted to keep it to TypeScript from A to Z. 🤓
2/4 🧵
I started working on the library 3 years ago. I was tired of switching between R/Python/JavaScript in my projects and wanted to keep it to TypeScript from A to Z. 🤓
2/4 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
For geospatial data, it's 3x-5x faster to join and count the trees in each Montreal neighbourhood.
I started working on the library 3 years ago. I was tired of switching between R/Python/JavaScript in my projects and wanted to keep it to TypeScript from A to Z. 🤓
2/4 🧵
I started working on the library 3 years ago. I was tired of switching between R/Python/JavaScript in my projects and wanted to keep it to TypeScript from A to Z. 🤓
2/4 🧵
Interesting! I'll have a look. Thanks! :)
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Interesting! I'll have a look. Thanks! :)
Happy to see @nodejs.org! But it would be wonderful to add @deno.land as well! 🦆
September 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Happy to see @nodejs.org! But it would be wonderful to add @deno.land as well! 🦆
Here's the link.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
How Canada’s imports and exports have changed since Trump | CBC News
CBC News tracks how trade between Canada and other countries has changed since Donald Trump came back to power.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca
September 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here's the link.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
Here's the link.
observablehq.com/@nshiab/math...
observablehq.com/@nshiab/math...
Math for journalists
This interactive notebook aims to help journalists understand math concepts often used in news stories. Questions? Comments? Reach out: nael.shiab@cbc.ca. Thank you to Arthur Charpentier, professor in...
observablehq.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Here's the link.
observablehq.com/@nshiab/math...
observablehq.com/@nshiab/math...
What an amazing dataset!
August 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What an amazing dataset!
Here's the link.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
How Canada’s imports and exports have changed since Trump | CBC News
CBC News tracks how trade between Canada and other countries has changed since Donald Trump came back to power.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca
August 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Here's the link.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
Very interesting. Thanks @jensvb.bsky.social !
July 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Very interesting. Thanks @jensvb.bsky.social !
Maybe www.code-like-a-journalist.com will be of interest for you. :)
Codez comme un journaliste
Un cours gratuit sur l'analyse et la visualisation de données avec TypeScript par le journaliste computationnel Nael Shiab.
www.code-like-a-journalist.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Maybe www.code-like-a-journalist.com will be of interest for you. :)
Coded in Svelte! Maps done with Observable plot!
June 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Coded in Svelte! Maps done with Observable plot!