Why This Book?
Speak with Visualizations
This book was born from countless late-night debugging sessions. I lost track of how many times I wrestled with graphical dashboards that almost worked - the data was accurate, the charts were colorful, yet the users kept asking, "So what?" Those long hours led me to a truth: Technical mastery of vi...
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