1 verified, source-linked AI implementation documented in 2026.
Award-winning data journalist rebuilt two civil-data-journalism visualisations by 'vibe coding' with Claude: Patrie Galere (deaths in Italian prisons, 2002–2026, originally a 2012 Guardian Datablog project) and Strade Mortali (Rome road-safety). Used Claude Opus for architecture and Claude Sonnet for iteration (briefly Fable 5), splitting each build into ~20 single-purpose tasks in Claude Cowork (divide-and-conquer). Cut build time from ~3 weeks to ~2 days; all code open-source (LeafletJS) and self-hosted on GitHub. Fable 5 proposed a weighted 'killer-crossroads' severity index unprompted.
Jacopo Ottaviani (independent data journalist) is one of 18 organizations in Italy documented in the index, which holds 25 cases from the country. Its work spans 1 function type, including Multimedia & Visual Production, documented across 72 organizations worldwide.