Chart principle: write the title as a headline stating the finding, not the contents

panickssery · x · 2026-10-31

panickssery kicks off a thread of chart principles (with a doc at the end to share with your Claudes). Principle 1: write the title as a headline. A bad chart titles itself 'Median Time to First Code Review (Hours) by Team, Q3 2026,' forcing readers to find the point; a good one states it—'Payments waits three times longer for code review than any other team'—with the measure and period moved to a lighter subtitle and only the proving bar in color. Readers read words before data, so the title is your best shot at landing the point.

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