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Director of R&D at Code for America

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Tech force logo and wordmark. The logo is a simplified version of what is likely meant to be the American flag on black and white with a single star in place of the usual 50 and only 5 stripes.

Tech force logo and wordmark. The logo is a simplified version of what is likely meant to be the American flag on black and white with a single star in place of the usual 50 and only 5 stripes.

techforce.gov seems like an interesting initiative.

Why is the logo a Liberian flag though? ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท

15.12.2025 17:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Why Elixir/OTP doesn't need an Agent framework: Part 1 | Goto Code - Elixir & LLM Development Exploration of using mechanisms provided by Elixir/OTP to build LLM powered applications

I like this piece goto-code.com/blog/elixir-...

Which speaks pretty directly to the patterns specified in Anthropic's 'Building effective AI agents' post.

13.08.2025 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"Republicans are losing faith in Trump rescuing the economy" -- Newsweek

"Republicans are losing faith in Trump rescuing the economy" -- Newsweek

From what, himself?

04.04.2025 13:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was thinking today how much elixir is a great match for agentic workflows. This is really helpful and clear, thank you for sharing.!

11.03.2025 02:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chesterton's National Nuclear Security Administration

15.02.2025 15:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Civic Tech is About Benefiting The Public Good, not Government Efficiency By Christopher Whitaker and Derek Eder

#civictech is about benefiting the public good - not government efficiency

www.civictechnologists.org/2025/02/civi...

@derekeder.com and I write for @civictechallies.bsky.social on what civic tech volunteer groups can do to reduce harm brought on by the new administrations policies (thread!)

12.02.2025 21:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The Department of Government Efficiency is such a misnomer.

It's like you were trying to make your car more efficient and instead you just ripped out the engine.

The car obviously isn't more efficient. You just don't have a working car any more.

08.02.2025 01:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While it's fun that the OSS/CIA organizational sabotage manual is trending, what folks really need is a manual for getting sh*t done when your leaders are trying to sabotage you.

30.01.2025 17:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The 'can I offer you an egg in these trying times?' Meme but instead of 'an egg' it says 'a trying time.'

The 'can I offer you an egg in these trying times?' Meme but instead of 'an egg' it says 'a trying time.'

What it feels like reading the news rn

29.01.2025 01:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3 months into new headphones. Finally got the courage to throw out the little insert that tells me how to fold them back into their case.

06.03.2024 22:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Kindle sleep screen advertisement for 'Rescuing the Dream Princess' with clearly ai generated title text 'DREMED DRIGCEIN' and a wonky Disney logo.

Kindle sleep screen advertisement for 'Rescuing the Dream Princess' with clearly ai generated title text 'DREMED DRIGCEIN' and a wonky Disney logo.

Is kindle recommending me an AI generated book? That 'Disney' logo (zoom in) is wild.

25.02.2024 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1