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Andrew H

@hackyourcity

“Seen it all, had it all and ain't mad at all. This rapper talks gravitas like a cannonball.” @18F @codeforamerica feed the people. he/him

 Sacramento, CA
Joined February 2009
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@GrittyNHL17 Apr 2021
Thx for coming to my piano recital – at Philadelphia, PA
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Figured out an even better way to do our full text search. Kept all the speed, deleted more than half the code. 💪🏼
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Spent some time this last month learning about Postgres full text search approaches. After trying a few, ended up with search being sixty times faster. We redesigned the site so now search is the main way to interact with it. Getting this right changed what UX we could offer.
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👋 we just opened our ux design apprenticeship role *this week* @codeforamerica. we're committed to providing more job opportunities to folks with lived experience of gov systems + underrepresented in tech. here's why, a 🧵: codeforamerica.org/news/code…
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I’ve asked my 3rd year illustration students at @sva to come up with a post-pandemic New Yorker magazine cover. Here is what they sent in:
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@Pinboard5 Aug 2016
The Programmers’ Credo: we do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy
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Tour de force from @bdon. I love the prominence of S3 hosting in this concept. “Protomaps is a new basemap system which is an end-to-end rethinking of this entire stack, oriented around the idea that custom mapmaking should be simple.” protomaps.com/blog/new-way-t…
A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap

A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap

If you develop for the web, you’ve probably heard of OpenStreetMap, an open data alternative to Google Maps. Despite the wide name recognition of OSM, you may have questions like how do I make a web...

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If you're interested in a remote job working with one of the most innovative gov agencies – look no further than the U.S. Tax Court. Product Owner: ustaxcourt.gov/resources/emp… Product Specialist: ustaxcourt.gov/resources/emp… DevOps Engineer: ustaxcourt.gov/resources/emp…
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I ordered this fourteen months ago. Showed up just in time for my son’s bday. It’s fast!
Hotwheels Cybertruck

ALT Hotwheels Cybertruck

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Truly unbelievable. (this is an incredible post from Signal) signal.org/blog/cellebrite-v…
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First time working from a cafe in a year.!
Cafe & laptop

ALT Cafe & laptop

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Announcing our Apprenticeship Program @codeforamerica! codeforamerica.org/news/code…
Code for America Announces 2021 Apprenticeship Program — Code for America

Code for America Announces 2021 Apprenticeship Program — Code for America

We’re dedicated to equitably expanding opportunities in tech to people whose identities are underrepresented in the field We’re dedicated to equitably expanding opportunities in tech to people whose...

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I want to share a new book, Power to the Public, that illustrates how nonprofits and governments can use technology to solve some of the most pressing issues of our time. It includes some good examples and is worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.
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Know a good engineer who wants to fight online hate? Send them my way! We're hiring THREE of them. We're remote and flexible as to the languages you know now. Happy to answer questions! docs.google.com/document/d/1…
ADL CTS Engineering job posting 2021

ADL CTS Engineering job posting 2021

Senior Engineer - Center for Technology and Society Background The Anti-Defamation League is a 107-year-old not-for-profit. Our mission is "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure...

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Best part of making weird internet stuff.
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It was for a song I like, five years ago. ondrae.github.io/shrunk/
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I have a job opening I’m excited about: facebook.com/careers/v2/jobs… Our FB mapping team is hiring a proj. manager to get past some boundary issues (h/t @lifewinning for the pun). Dream candidate will have a geography, policy, LIS, or IM background for organizing spatial information.
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1/3 ODI is hiring full stack developers. If you're inspired to combine the art of design with the art of programming and want to make state government work better for people then read on...
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This is easily one of my favorite charts ever.
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oh hello, another demonstration that we already live in a post-scarcity society! we only feel resources are scarce because they have been artificially constrained. mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel…
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