Spreadsheet Whisperer · Economy Janitor · Overthinker

hi, i'm zaca. projects I almost finished and holes I dug myself into.

I balance game economies for a living. My hobbies have no such oversight. This is where they end up. [more about me]

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The Churn

I tried to write a novel on a spreadsheet

wip#react#typescript#local-first

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I like basketball and heatmaps

This one is just a chart. Every shot Stephen Curry took in his unanimous-MVP 2015-16 season, hexed by where it came from and colored by field-goal percentage — choose a different player in the dropdown.

#nba#sports#data

Calling timeouts in the NBA

How much of a season disappears into timeouts? I dug into 2015-16 play-by-play to map when coaches stop the game, who stops it most, and whether a timeout actually halts a run.

#nba#sports#data

Counting buildings in downtown Lisbon

Used data from OpenStreetMap and city government to visualize construction permits issued for Lisbon's historical center. Also made a pretty GIF.

#lisbon#urbanplanning#data