I've been in love with D3.js and have used it as the key technology for dozens of data visualization projects, both commercial and personal. However, its rendering syntax now feels dated, reminiscent of the jQuery era. While I still use various auxiliary functions (e.g., for ease or scaling), I now create actual components in a modern framework (in my case, Vue 3 and TypeScript).

Despite this shift, I am grateful to D3.js for the beautiful years it gave me and for teaching me various good practices in data visualization. The defaults and demos by Mike Bostock have been both an inspiration and an example of good standards, aligned with Tufte's minimalism.