Austin Steinhart uses data, design, and engineering to solve problems and tell stories that matter. https://austinsteinhart.com en Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:02:35 GMT There are so many ways to make a website today. Here's how I decided to build it as someone who wants a lot of control of my site and likes to write code. https://austinsteinhart.com/blog/new-site https://austinsteinhart.com/blog/new-site Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT guide frontend tooling A map of stories from the New York Times Metropolitan Diary column https://austinsteinhart.com/metro-diary-map/about https://austinsteinhart.com/metro-diary-map/about Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT mapping design data frontend A guide to building your first scrollytelling story in Svelte and D3 including when the format is worth it, and the main techniques for pulling it off. https://austinsteinhart.com/docs/first-scrollytelly/ https://austinsteinhart.com/docs/first-scrollytelly/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT guide frontend How I built an automated system that captures, scores, and posts the best sunset photo from the night before, using a Raspberry Pi and some computer vision. https://thesunset.austinsteinhart.com/about https://thesunset.austinsteinhart.com/about Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT frontend design raspberry-pi A look at the first-ever Federal AI Use Case Inventory, released in 2023, and what it shows about how the federal government is actually using AI. https://austinsteinhart.com/ai-in-gov/ https://austinsteinhart.com/ai-in-gov/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT writing frontend