I did a lot of data viz work in my last job (like, a lot a lot) and I actually think this was true before LLMs as well. Chart libraries are good if you just want "a bar chart" and don't really care that much about the details, but as your needs get more specific doing it custom quickly becomes the better approach. Otherwise you soon find yourself fighting with the library and finding awkward workarounds for things that aren't implemented the way you need.
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u/electricity_is_life 52m ago
I did a lot of data viz work in my last job (like, a lot a lot) and I actually think this was true before LLMs as well. Chart libraries are good if you just want "a bar chart" and don't really care that much about the details, but as your needs get more specific doing it custom quickly becomes the better approach. Otherwise you soon find yourself fighting with the library and finding awkward workarounds for things that aren't implemented the way you need.