Austin Steinhart uses data, design, and engineering to solve problems and tell stories that matter. https://austinsteinhart.com en Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:47:16 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 workshop I led for Hack Your Summer covering ways to communicate with data, going beyond reports, maps, and charts to boost the effectiveness of storytelling by knowing your audience and being clear on the story you’re trying to tell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7UJfYywLU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7UJfYywLU8 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT guide graphics storytelling 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 A presentation I co-led at the NICAR 2026 on how to take your data visualizations from good to great, with a focus on design principles and storytelling. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19gNzG1OSH7jvYkrAB1m38F84BiCr71PkHszPX7uwDrM/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19gNzG1OSH7jvYkrAB1m38F84BiCr71PkHszPX7uwDrM/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT guide graphics storytelling 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