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I broadly think this is correct, and that GDS has drifted significantly.

Hi! This is Dave. I am in fact perhaps a top 10 fan of James C. Scott. For some evidence of this, please see: https://x.com/search?q=allafarce%20%22seeing%20like%20a%22&s... This i…

This is why I truly love support-driven development. While it’s possible to prioritize problems that don’t affect most people (squeaky wheels) it’s a hell of a lot more effective t…

GetCalFresh.org. Way easier way to apply for food stamps. Felt good to have left after 6 years going from helping 1 person get help to over a million. Still going strong. Also lots…

I'm really sorry you're dealing with this. I'm going to mostly share info about public benefits in case it's helpful, just because that's what I know (and I don't have as much know…

I've wanted this for a while – thanks so much!

I love my reMarkable — got the 1.0 once the price dropped due to 2.0. e-Ink is a blessing after so much time on screens, and the rudiments make it quite hackable. So I get a device…

Is there any existing directory of similar products? Small team, sustainable. I ask because I know one of the big tradeoffs of bootstrapping is no growth "war chest" — but I would …

Ahh thanks for clarifying!

This is neat! That said, I don't think the statistical size makes this a conclusion you can draw: - "a reply rate of 1% (1 in 100 users)" - "a reply rate of 4% (1 in 25 users)" - "…

> But there are also a lot of problems for which I can’t see any concrete benefit to using React. Those are things like blogs, shopping-cart-websites, mostly-CRUD-and-forms-website…

There are a lot of people who have built this app — but they're concierging! (aka... not an app) The reason is that the work you're describing (which is effectively organizing) doe…

I think the motivation behind this is right. In my experience many in Silicon Valley don't understand the mechanics of long-term institutional change. In part, that's simply becaus…

I'm really sorry to hear that. It's unclear to me if you're in Costa Rica, but heads up if you're in the US your situation likely qualifies you for the new unemployment benefits (P…

It’s open source, and Australia and Canada have both deployed instances. Would love to see a US (or state run) instance.

I can say from experience, many. It's why this kind of visibility is good: it incentivizes better enforcement by Google.

The spectrum of (product engineer) ($NEEDS_A_NAME) has been one I've encountered a lot and which I find is underappreciated in hiring and team-building. The way I think about it is…

I think I have to quibble with this: > Here, I propose Scott’s Law: never put order in a system before you understand the structure underneath its chaos. James C. Scott wouldn't pr…

Moralizing the incentives of politicians while framing business leaders' behavior as rational responses to their incentives somewhat betrays a lack of sophistication of thinking he…

See the comment above

Twitter user complaining with a story that appears to match the Reddit description: https://mobile.twitter.com/aCUBEDtv/status/11127859103350415...

Googling the basic contours of this shows the company pretty quickly. There are users on Twitter sharing similar stories.

That's a fantastic question. There's a few strategies we've used to build a service design that deals with those things: 1. After the initial application, the next step is a phone …

Thanks! It's a little confusing because we have 2 job boards — one for CfA, and one for jobs in gov't (that one is https://jobs.codeforamerica.org/ ) We already have some State of …

Great question! Overall I'd say our gov't partners are incredibly supportive. A lot of why these processes are hard are not by intentional design, but rather by _unintentional, non…