Excalidraw: How to Express Yourself in Data Science More Clearly With Drawings
Last Updated on August 7, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Bex T.
Originally published on Towards AI.
Instead of 1000 words, use a single striking sketch.

This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium.
All images and gifs are by the author
Even though you’ve heard it countless times, I repeat it — a picture is worth a thousand words. In data science communication, this quote is literally, figuratively, any-possible-adverb-here true.
You don’t want to ramble on to your manager, boss or, colleague reading from a wall of text. Instead, deliver your ideas through killer visuals like the below that jump straight to the point and keep it mean.
Explaining the process of using Git and DVC (Data Version Control) in tandem. Learn more about it… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
Join thousands of data leaders on the AI newsletter. Join over 80,000 subscribers and keep up to date with the latest developments in AI. From research to projects and ideas. If you are building an AI startup, an AI-related product, or a service, we invite you to consider becoming a sponsor.
Published via Towards AI
Towards AI Academy
We Build Enterprise-Grade AI. We'll Teach You to Master It Too.
15 engineers. 100,000+ students. Towards AI Academy teaches what actually survives production.
Start free — no commitment:
→ 6-Day Agentic AI Engineering Email Guide — one practical lesson per day
→ Agents Architecture Cheatsheet — 3 years of architecture decisions in 6 pages
Our courses:
→ AI Engineering Certification — 90+ lessons from project selection to deployed product. The most comprehensive practical LLM course out there.
→ Agent Engineering Course — Hands on with production agent architectures, memory, routing, and eval frameworks — built from real enterprise engagements.
→ AI for Work — Understand, evaluate, and apply AI for complex work tasks.
Note: Article content contains the views of the contributing authors and not Towards AI.