I want to talk about one of the most basic tasks a data analyst will be asked to do on a regular basis: present some data over a period of time. Let's look at a chart of monthly sales from Noah's Imaginary Widget Company.

1. Use a UI framework. I know you want to make this design your own. I tell you what, come up with a design system even 10% as beautiful and extensible as Material Design and then we'll talk. Devs can build faster, you can save yourself time, and your users won't have as much work figuring out new usage conventions.

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