Squiggle is a special-purpose coding language for generating probability distributions, estimates of variables over time, and similar tasks. It was developed by the Quantified Uncertainty Research Institute.

Tutorials

The official basics guide^[1] is a good written guide if you have experience programming and/​or have a specific project in mind already.

There’s also a few simple worked examples on the forum to demonstrate squiggle’s value^[2], and a more complex model based on GiveWell’s cost effectiveness analyses^[3].

Note that squiggle is still in development and has several known bugs^[4].

External links

Squiggle official website.

Squiggle basics guide

Squiggle components: tools to implement squiggle into websites

Squiggle Tweaker: Simple squiggle visualiser

Squiggle to Graph [WIP]: generate visual dependency graph of squiggle code

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1. ^

   Squiggle Basics Guide

2. ^

   Simple Estimation Examples in Squiggle, Nuño Sempere (2022)

3. ^

   Quantifying Uncertainty in GiveWell’s Cost-Effectiveness Analyses, Hazelfire, Hannah Rokebrand, Tanae (2022)

4. ^

   Announcing Squiggle: Early Access, Ozzie Gooen (2022)