I’m so sorry you had a bad experience. We’re trying really hard to make it great! Our entire reason for being is to make it easier for people to tinker with and share examples.

One of the least obvious things of Observable is that it’s not actually JavaScript—it’s a reactive extension of the language. We’re making that more apparent by making the dataflow visible, and we’d love to hear any more feedback or suggestions you’re willing to share.

https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/observables-not-javas...

https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/introducing-visual-da...