Iron Triangle
Interactive data visualization exploring the U.S. Military Industrial Complex for a History II final project. Charts defense spending, lobbying flows, and contractor relationships with animated D3-style graphs and scrollytelling narrative.
What It Is
Interactive data visualization exploring the U.S. Military Industrial Complex for a History II final project. Charts defense spending, lobbying flows, and contractor relationships with animated D3-style graphs and scrollytelling narrative. GitHub describes it as: Virtual museum with exhibits from the 40s–70s exploring US History II themes.
Current Evidence
| Surface | Current evidence |
|---|---|
| Live site | https://iron-triangle.vercel.app/ |
| GitHub | Kevin-Liu-01/Iron-Triangle |
| Visibility | public |
| Language | TypeScript |
| PortfolioMon | #022 (Data/Design) |
| Last repo push | 2026-06-16 |
Why It Matters
This is a data-product artifact: the value comes from structure, sync, filtering, and state rather than from a static page. Preserve implementation details when new evidence appears.
PortfolioMon Model
PortfolioMon card #022; Data/Design; HP 300, ATK 110, DEF 105, SPD 70; standard card.
| Move | Type | Power | Read as |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIC Analysis | Data | 85 | A critical analysis of the foe's structure. |
| Historical Rebuke | Data | 90 | A powerful argument backed by historical precedent. |
| Policy Paper | Data | 0 | A long, dense paper that bores the foe to sleep. |
| Lobbyist | Web | 70 | A persuasive move that drains the opponent's resources. |
Graph Position
This page is a leaf in the hackathon portfolio. Use Hackathon Projects for the chronological win/story map and this page for artifact-level evidence.
Timeline
- 2023-06-11 | Repository Kevin-Liu-01/Iron-Triangle created. Source: raw/github/kevin-repos-2026-07-01.json
- 2026-07-01 | Page created during the project graph refresh from Kevin's live GitHub inventory, PortfolioMon card scrape, README scrape, and downloaded portfolio screenshot. Source: raw/sites/kevinliu-biz-2026-07-01/portfolio-projects.json; raw/github/kevin-repos-2026-07-01.json