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149 datasets

149 datasets found

149 actively maintained guides. Oldest source review Aug 10, 2026.

Start from a Build Path

Opinionated collections for a first prototype. Each path names the job, not just the domain.

Build an alerting tool

Official feeds that can power a focused monitor for hazards, health, or security without scraping or paid data.

9 datasets

Open Path

Compare places

Authoritative local and national statistics for sizing a market, choosing a site, or comparing communities.

10 datasets

Open Path

Discover research and citations

Scholarly and trial metadata for topic alerts, literature monitors, and research discovery tools that link back to the source.

8 datasets

Open Path

Plan for a local area

Weather, flood, housing, and infrastructure sources for a neighborhood-scale planning prototype.

10 datasets

Open Path

Start with a first microproduct

Beginner, no-key sources with a small first project you can finish in an afternoon without paid infrastructure.

11 datasets

Open Path

Track regulatory change

Primary legal and screening sources for watching rules, filings, and sanctions lists as they change.

9 datasets

Open Path

Build Paths

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American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
intermediateLarge
Annual U.S. demographic, housing, social, and economic estimates for building local market-sizing, site-selection, and community comparison tools.

First Project: Screen states for a service-market hypothesis

DemographicsJSON +1Key
arXiv Preprint Metadata
intermediateSmall
Open preprint descriptive metadata for building topic alerts and research discovery tools that link back to arXiv.

First Project: Watch recent machine-learning preprints

ResearchAtom XMLNo key
BEA Regional GDP and Personal Income
intermediateSmall
Official state and local GDP, income, and employment statistics for building regional growth, market-sizing, and economic comparison tools.

First Project: Compare recent state personal-income estimates

MarketsJSON +1Key
BLS Public Data API
intermediateSmall
Official U.S. labor-market and price time series for building inflation, employment, wage, and economic-release monitoring tools.

First Project: Calculate a 12-month CPI change

MarketsJSON +1No key
BTS Airline On-Time Performance
intermediateSmall
Reporting-carrier flight on-time, delay, cancellation, and diversion records for building airport and airline reliability monitors.

First Project: Compare arrival delays for a handful of origin airports

GeospatialCSV +1No key
CDC ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index
intermediateSmall
Census-tract and county social-vulnerability rankings for building emergency planning, outreach, and hazard-equity tools.

First Project: Rank counties by 2022 overall SVI

HealthCSV +1No key
CDC FluView ILINet
beginnerGood first build
Weekly U.S. outpatient influenza-like illness activity for building seasonal respiratory-illness monitoring tools.

First Project: Compare recent state ILI activity levels

HealthJSON +1No key
CDC NWSS Wastewater Data
beginnerGood first build
Weekly U.S. wastewater viral detections for influenza A and other pathogens for building community-level respiratory-illness monitoring tools.

First Project: Flag recent influenza A wastewater detections

HealthJSON +1No key

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