Calendar Heatmap
Code Review Activity Calendar
Pull request review activity heatmap for engineering team performance.
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
np.random.seed(987)
days = 365
# More activity on weekdays
reviews = np.zeros(days)
for i in range(days):
day_of_week = i % 7
if day_of_week < 5: # Weekday
reviews[i] = np.random.choice([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], p=[0.1, 0.15, 0.25, 0.25, 0.15, 0.07, 0.03])
else: # Weekend
reviews[i] = np.random.choice([0, 1, 2], p=[0.7, 0.2, 0.1])
weeks = 53
data = np.zeros((7, weeks))
for i, val in enumerate(reviews):
week = i // 7
day = i % 7
if week < weeks:
data[day, week] = val
# Blue to purple gradient
colors = ['#0a0a0f', '#1e1b4b', '#3730a3', '#4f46e5', '#818cf8', '#c7d2fe']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('reviews', colors, N=256)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(16, 4), facecolor='#0a0a0f')
ax.set_facecolor('#0a0a0f')
im = ax.imshow(data, cmap=cmap, aspect='auto', vmin=0, vmax=6)
ax.set_yticks(range(7))
ax.set_yticklabels(['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat', 'Sun'], fontsize=9, color='#e2e8f0')
ax.set_xticks(range(0, 52, 4))
ax.set_xticklabels(['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec', ''],
fontsize=9, color='#e2e8f0')
ax.set_title('Code Review Activity - PRs Reviewed per Day', fontsize=16, color='white', fontweight='bold', pad=15)
for i in range(8):
ax.axhline(y=i-0.5, color='#1e293b', linewidth=0.5)
for i in range(weeks+1):
ax.axvline(x=i-0.5, color='#1e293b', linewidth=0.5)
ax.tick_params(colors='#e2e8f0', length=0)
for spine in ax.spines.values():
spine.set_visible(False)
legend_elements = [mpatches.Patch(facecolor=c, label=l, edgecolor='#334155')
for c, l in zip(colors, ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4-5', '6+'])]
ax.legend(handles=legend_elements, loc='upper left', bbox_to_anchor=(0, -0.15), ncol=6,
fontsize=8, facecolor='#1e293b', edgecolor='#334155', labelcolor='white')
total = int(np.sum(reviews))
avg = np.mean(reviews[reviews > 0])
ax.annotate(f'{total} reviews | Avg {avg:.1f}/day when active', xy=(0.98, 1.1), xycoords='axes fraction',
fontsize=11, color='#818cf8', ha='right', fontweight='bold')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.25)
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Time Series
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