# girliemac/a-picture-is-worth-a-1000-words

I am trying to describe complex matters in simple doodles!

Repository: https://github.com/girliemac/a-picture-is-worth-a-1000-words
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/a-picture-is-worth-a-1000-words
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-07-14T19:07:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2389, "days_push": 50, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11406, forks 793 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:46.937731+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of hand-drawn tech doodles and sketchnotes explaining concepts like algorithms, web development, machine learning, and generative AI. Images are shared under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license for free educational use.

## Use cases
- find illustrations to explain big o notation to students
- get doodle images for a programming tutorial blog post
- download sketchnotes about data structures for a classroom
- find simple visuals explaining generative ai and chatgpt
- use educational tech drawings in a presentation with attribution

## When to choose
- you need approachable hand-drawn visuals to explain technical concepts
- you are an educator or content creator wanting CC-licensed illustrations
- you want beginner-friendly explanations of algorithms, web dev, or ML

## When to avoid
- you need programmable or editable source graphics rather than images
- you need comprehensive or in-depth technical documentation
- you want to use the artwork commercially without attribution

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, data-visualization
- domain: education, tutorials, developer-tools, artificial-intelligence
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: doodles, sketchnotes, educational-illustrations, tech-explainers, creative-commons

## Member repositories
- girliemac/a-picture-is-worth-a-1000-words (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.937731+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:15:37.158065+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/girliemac/a-picture-is-worth-a-1000-words (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.937731+00:00, sha 357cea681f8e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.