NS Line Diagrams, Recreated and Redesigned
A dive down a rabbit hole recreating and redesigning the line diagrams I saw on Dutch railway platforms, in code.
I’m Jules. I’m a software engineer with a background in geoscience engineering.
I’m passionate about on making ideas, systems and processes more understandable.
I believe that maps, charts, and diagrams are a great way to do that.
I’m passionate about the World Wide web, its reach, its usefulness. I believe that it is a great place to build and share useful tools for understanding.
At the moment, I’m working on making geotechnical data more useful at 
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