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  <dc:creator>Noam Sellam</dc:creator>
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<section id="hello-world" class="level2">
<h2 class="anchored" data-anchor-id="hello-world">Hello, world</h2>
<p>Welcome to my corner of the internet. This blog is where I’ll share data science projects, interactive dashboards, and things I find interesting along the way.</p>
<p>The site is built with <a href="https://quarto.org">Quarto</a> and deployed to Cloudflare Pages. Posts can include live R and Python code, and I plan to embed interactive <a href="https://shiny.posit.co/">Shiny</a> dashboards directly into articles.</p>
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<section id="a-quick-demo" class="level2">
<h2 class="anchored" data-anchor-id="a-quick-demo">A quick demo</h2>
<p>Here’s a simple visualization to make sure the R pipeline is working. Let’s look at the relationship between car weight and fuel efficiency:</p>
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font-style: inherit;">library</span>(ggplot2)</span>
<span id="cb1-2"></span>
<span id="cb1-3"><span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">ggplot</span>(mtcars, <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
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font-style: inherit;">aes</span>(<span class="at" style="color: #657422;
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font-style: inherit;">x =</span> wt, <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
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font-style: inherit;">y =</span> mpg, <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
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font-style: inherit;">color =</span> <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">factor</span>(cyl))) <span class="sc" style="color: #5E5E5E;
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font-style: inherit;">+</span></span>
<span id="cb1-4">  <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">geom_point</span>(<span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">size =</span> <span class="dv" style="color: #AD0000;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">3</span>, <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">alpha =</span> <span class="fl" style="color: #AD0000;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">0.8</span>) <span class="sc" style="color: #5E5E5E;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">+</span></span>
<span id="cb1-5">  <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">geom_smooth</span>(<span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">method =</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"lm"</span>, <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">se =</span> <span class="cn" style="color: #8f5902;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">FALSE</span>, <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">linewidth =</span> <span class="fl" style="color: #AD0000;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">0.8</span>) <span class="sc" style="color: #5E5E5E;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">+</span></span>
<span id="cb1-6">  <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">scale_color_manual</span>(</span>
<span id="cb1-7">    <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">values =</span> <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">c</span>(<span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"4"</span> <span class="ot" style="color: #003B4F;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">=</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"#7F5AF0"</span>, <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"6"</span> <span class="ot" style="color: #003B4F;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">=</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"#E09F3E"</span>, <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"8"</span> <span class="ot" style="color: #003B4F;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">=</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"#2D3A3A"</span>),</span>
<span id="cb1-8">    <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">name =</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"Cylinders"</span></span>
<span id="cb1-9">  ) <span class="sc" style="color: #5E5E5E;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">+</span></span>
<span id="cb1-10">  <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">labs</span>(</span>
<span id="cb1-11">    <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">x =</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"Weight (1,000 lbs)"</span>,</span>
<span id="cb1-12">    <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">y =</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"Miles per gallon"</span></span>
<span id="cb1-13">  ) <span class="sc" style="color: #5E5E5E;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">+</span></span>
<span id="cb1-14">  <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
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<span id="cb1-15">  <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
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font-style: inherit;">theme</span>(</span>
<span id="cb1-16">    <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">plot.background =</span> <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">element_rect</span>(<span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">fill =</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"#FAF8F4"</span>, <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
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font-style: inherit;">color =</span> <span class="cn" style="color: #8f5902;
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<span id="cb1-17">    <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
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background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">element_rect</span>(<span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">fill =</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"#FAF8F4"</span>, <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">color =</span> <span class="cn" style="color: #8f5902;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">NA</span>),</span>
<span id="cb1-18">    <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">panel.grid.minor =</span> <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">element_blank</span>(),</span>
<span id="cb1-19">    <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">panel.grid.major =</span> <span class="fu" style="color: #4758AB;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">element_line</span>(<span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">color =</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"#E5E7EB"</span>),</span>
<span id="cb1-20">    <span class="at" style="color: #657422;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">legend.position =</span> <span class="st" style="color: #20794D;
background-color: null;
font-style: inherit;">"top"</span></span>
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Figure&nbsp;1: Fuel efficiency drops as vehicle weight increases — no surprises there.
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<p>The colors above match the site’s <strong>Ember &amp; Violet</strong> palette — violet for the primary data series, amber for the secondary, and deep forest for the third.</p>
<blockquote class="blockquote">
<p>This post was generated as part of the initial site setup. Real content starts next.</p>
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<section id="whats-coming" class="level2">
<h2 class="anchored" data-anchor-id="whats-coming">What’s coming</h2>
<ul>
<li>Deep dives into datasets I find interesting</li>
<li>Interactive Shiny dashboards embedded right in the posts</li>
<li>Technical notes on R, Python, and data engineering</li>
</ul>
<p>Stay tuned.</p>


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