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Slight correction: 18F does not require you to be in DC. They are 100% remote-first. https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/10/15/best-practices-for-distribute... Open positions: https://join.tt…

Plastics are petrochemicals, meaning they’re made by combining fossil fuels (usually fracked gas) with chemicals. Petrochemical plants are among the most polluting industries in te…

Nava is a public benefit corporation working to radically improve how government serves people. Formed as a team of designers and engineers in the effort to fix HealthCare.gov in 2…

There are lots of issues with bitcoin, but the inherent value one is the least interesting. Clearly, some people think there is value. That's it.

While mostly true, let’s put this into perspective: A GS-15 in a metro area like New York, DC, and San Francisco, with experience, can get over $170. Throw in performance bonus and…

If you interested in seeing how the 3x3 initiative* has come along, here are the benchmarks so far: https://github.com/mame/optcarrot#readme Personally, I am very excited for this …

I recently started using Sinatra for side projects and it’s an absolute pleasure. It’s simple and reliable. I think it should get a lot more recognition.

Ruby is changing. I doubt it will ever be as big as the Python world, but I can see it coming back into fashion. I’ve been paying attention to the community and it’s still very act…

If you are interested in this topic, checkout https://code.gov/ “The Federal Source Code Policy (FSCP) called for the establishment of the the Code.gov program office and correspon…

Indeed. I recently re-decided to default to Ruby for side projects. If you don't need to squeeze the very last drop of performance, I can't think of a more comfortable language.

I have it as well. But I recently started to think about it differently. I think the reason people dislike blockchain so much is because the promise that blockchain will do DoEvery…

Hi, I work on infrastructure in the federal government. Here's my take: the title is unclear. The federal government has required https for a while. Learn more here: https://https.…

Good talk on the challenges of modifying gravity: https://youtu.be/iu7LDGhSi1A?t=1159

I’ve used TextMate 2 since it’s earliest beta release and always found it fast and reliable. If you want the speed of a native Mac OS X editor, in my opinion, nothing beats TextMat…

Well, all the front-end code is precompiled and published to CDN. So at least from that perspective, there is continuously running server. Node would compile, publish, and cease to…

I don't like to use the term "static" site, even as a provider of a static site hosting service. I think when people say "static" they imagine a small site that does not change. I …

Although we are part of the government, we operate as a business unit that must pay for itself to exist. To do this, we have to charge other agencies for our services. My group is …

USDS's requirement to be in DC is a tough ask, but necessary given the work they do. At 18F, we travel to DC a couple of times a year, but we are mostly remote. There are significa…