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Over 30,000 people have mowed our digital lawn so far, but only 16% found the perfect path. How close will you get to the optimal solution? Go ahead, touch grass. pudding.cool/2026/06/mow/ #dataviz #datascience #data

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This! I’ve optimized my mowing to reduce turns. The speed of long parallel paths with few turns is better than shortest path with lots of turns. U-Turns especially waste a ton of time if the area of the turn needs to be cut while turning. I usually cut a “turning end zone” first.

Yes! *Have* the guys who designed this ever actually pushed a power around in the hot sun while feeling unwell…? I claim this as the path to true efficiency (ie the version with least possible energy expenditure whilst still getting the job done)