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Solving the Case of the Tricky Timeout Bug
Sometimes, fixing a bug requires “sheer persistence”
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How to Legally Scrape EU Data for Investigations
Data collection laws are much trickier to navigate in Europe than in the U.S.
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Magic Spreadsheets That Equip the Public
Use these tools and techniques to bring “receipts from streets” with little-to-no code
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How We Create Custom Graphics at The Markup
A lesson in software and sanity maintenance
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Journalists, You Should Be Looking for Undocumented APIs. Here’s How to Start
A tutorial on how to build datasets from the hidden feeds powering almost every website on the internet
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In 2023, Resolve to Fix Your Organization’s Meta Pixel Problem
It’s time to be proactive about user privacy. Find out if you’re sending too much data to Facebook—or if you need to send data at all
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How We Verified Ourselves on Mastodon — and How You Can Too
One Twitter alternative’s verification system is simple, open, and free
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How The Markup Tracks Impact—and How Your Newsroom Can Too
We’re releasing an Airtable template that allows any newsroom or organization to adopt and build upon our impact-tracking process
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Introducing Smol Links: Shorten URLs Without Tracking
Our WordPress plugin, built on top of Shlink, lets editors generate short URLs without compromising user privacy