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So I rifled through the source of the webpage and found there is no way to download the actual data from that page. All the calculations are being done on the s
by zackzackzack 14y ago
So I rifled through the source of the webpage and found there is no way to download the actual data from that page. All the calculations are being done on the server side and the summary results are getting sent over via HTTP.
An interesting model for sure and one that will ultimately make for technical sense but enterprise woes in the future. I'm not sure if businesses will want to upload the data that would most benefit from the StatWing treatment. It looks like they have realized that though. Maybe aiming to cut their teeth on people who generate a lot of data and then take a stab at going enterprise via partnerships with other companies that already have a strong presence in big companies but are lacking in the analytics.
- jimmytucson 14y agoJust out of curiosity, what made you think you would find the raw data on the client?
- zackzackzack 14y agoFor most of the visualizations I've found on Hacker News, the data is usually available directly to the client, either through an API or a static file (.csv,.json,etc.). StatWing is already using d3 to display their work, so it is possible they were also using crossfilter to do filtering as well. So, really, past experience with this sort of thing and seeing that they were using d3.