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"https://civic.io/2022/11/22/mashed-potatoes-and-digital-modernization/", "published_at": "2022-11-22T14:04:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-56e5-7371-93e2-8e1c94584f4f", "title": "More Writing, Less Words", "url": "https://civic.io/2022/11/21/more-writing-less-words/", "published_at": "2022-11-21T13:51:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-56e5-7371-93e2-8e1c953a02ef", "title": "Platforms: More value, more quickly, more securely", "url": "https://civic.io/2022/10/27/platforms-more-value-more-quickly-more-securely/", "published_at": "2022-10-27T18:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c540-56e5-7371-93e2-8e1c963247bb", "title": "Accelerating the ATO process with a platform approach", "url": "https://civic.io/2022/09/20/accelerating-the-ato-process-with-a-platform-approach/", "published_at": "2022-09-20T18:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538d05ee84", "title": "Complexity and (Potential) Corruption", "url": "https://civic.io/2022/02/16/complexity-and-potential-corruption/", "published_at": "2022-02-16T20:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538d80ceda", "title": "On Zealotry and Cryptocurrency in Government", "url": "https://civic.io/2022/02/05/on-zealotry-and-cryptocurrency-in-government/", "published_at": "2022-02-05T20:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538db00f90", "title": "Hands Across America", "url": "https://civic.io/2021/03/02/hands-across-america/", "published_at": "2021-03-02T20:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538de01c70", "title": "What Lies Beneath", "url": "https://civic.io/2021/01/31/what-lies-beneath/", "published_at": "2021-01-31T20:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538df4a686", "title": "PFC: A Cautionary Tale for Civic Tech", "url": "https://civic.io/2021/01/27/pfc-a-cautionary-tale-for-civic-tech/", "published_at": "2021-01-27T20:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538e369306", "title": "On Unbecoming a Hotshot", "url": "https://civic.io/2020/12/05/on-unbecoming-a-hotshot/", "published_at": "2020-12-05T20:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538eeca8cc", "title": "Virtuous Roadblocks and Digital Service Delivery", "url": "https://civic.io/2020/12/03/virtuous-roadblocks-and-digital-service-delivery/", "published_at": "2020-12-03T14:54:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538eefbc66", "title": "Filling up the Civic Tech Toolbox", "url": "https://civic.io/2020/11/09/filling-up-the-civic-tech-toolbox/", "published_at": "2020-11-09T00:05:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538ef06f82", "title": "Amplifying Administrative Burden", "url": "https://civic.io/2020/06/07/amplifying-administrative-burden/", "published_at": "2020-06-07T20:33:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c548-d8ed-73db-85b8-0f538fc18e8d", "title": "Process Eats Culture for Breakfast", "url": "https://civic.io/2020/02/16/process-eats-culture-for-breakfast/", "published_at": "2020-02-16T22:52:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a942c76bb7", "title": "Towards Ethical Algorithms", "url": "https://civic.io/2019/01/16/towards-ethical-algorithms/", "published_at": "2019-01-16T14:19:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a943ba2271", "title": "Driving Innovation Beyond The Big City", "url": "https://civic.io/2017/04/11/driving-innovation-beyond-the-big-city/", "published_at": "2017-04-11T11:50:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a944b749b0", "title": "Operation Data Liberation", "url": "https://civic.io/2017/03/12/operation-data-liberation/", "published_at": "2017-03-12T21:42:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a944c74c4d", "title": "Read My Book", "url": "https://civic.io/2017/02/14/read-my-book/", "published_at": "2017-02-14T00:32:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a944d3ceac", "title": "Building the Government Data Toolkit", "url": "https://civic.io/2016/09/21/building-the-government-data-toolkit/", "published_at": "2016-09-21T19:23:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a945b351bf", "title": "The Changing Role of the Government CDO", "url": "https://civic.io/2016/08/18/the-changing-role-of-the-government-cdo/", "published_at": "2016-08-18T18:53:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a945fd983c", "title": "Coming Back from the Brink", "url": "https://civic.io/2016/07/05/coming-back-from-the-brink/", "published_at": "2016-07-05T19:23:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a9467cbd7f", "title": "Building the Engine of Change", "url": "https://civic.io/2016/07/05/building-the-engine-of-change/", "published_at": "2016-07-05T13:00:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a946ec0e92", "title": "Meeting in the Middle", "url": "https://civic.io/2016/06/21/meeting-in-the-middle/", "published_at": "2016-06-21T14:38:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-a1bb-73bf-9b3d-89a947ebd043", "title": "The Last Mile of Public Service Delivery", "url": 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2026

Context is King original ↗

1 Jul 2026

The Other Side of Chesterton’s Fence original ↗

22 May 2026

It’s The End of Agile (As We Know It)original ↗

16 Apr 2026

Using AI to Reverse-Engineer a Legacy Application into a Modern Software Specification original ↗

22 Mar 2026

Ending the Sugar Rush original ↗

16 Mar 2026

Modernizing Government Regulations with AI original ↗

5 Mar 2026

From Sharing Code to Sharing Knowledge original ↗

18 Feb 2026

Government Software at the Crossroads original ↗

11 Feb 2026

The Collapsing Cost of Software Development original ↗

29 Jan 2026

Disposable Software and the Future of Government Technology original ↗

26 Jan 2026

AI-Powered Automation: Taking ATO Modernization Beyond the Bottleneck original ↗

19 Jan 2026

2025

Three Projects I’m Proud of in 2025 original ↗

18 Dec 2025

What Does a Good Spec File Look Like?original ↗

12 Dec 2025

Proving Out a New Approach to Legacy System Modernization original ↗

4 Dec 2025

The Future is Ahead of Schedule original ↗

2 Dec 2025

Infrastructure as Code for AI: The Rapid Evolution of Agent Instructions original ↗

4 Nov 2025

Maybe We Shouldn’t Call Them AI “Agents”original ↗

23 Oct 2025

Building the Foundations for the AI Era original ↗

21 Oct 2025

AI Agents aren’t as radical as they sound original ↗

17 Oct 2025

Designing for delegation original ↗

1 Oct 2025

AI instructions as platform infrastructure original ↗

30 Sept 2025

Design and Delivery: Two Sides of the Same Coin original ↗

29 Sept 2025

Revisiting an Old Idea: Building a Rules Engine with CouchDB original ↗

10 Sept 2025

The Third Wave of Government Disruption original ↗

19 Aug 2025

The end of civic tech’s interface era original ↗

6 Aug 2025

Letting Go: A Retrospective on Without81 original ↗

23 Jul 2025

The Quiet Crisis in Legacy System Modernization original ↗

17 Jun 2025

The Great Flavorless Web original ↗

5 Jun 2025

Accountability and the Challenge of Government Technology Reform original ↗

22 Apr 2025

Conway’s Law and the challenge of building software in government original ↗

7 Apr 2025

Vendor Lock-In: Shadow Technical Debt original ↗

26 Mar 2025

AI in Government and Why Data Matters original ↗

24 Mar 2025

Patience is a Virtue: The Smart Approach to AI Investments for Government original ↗

28 Jan 2025

Software Delivery Platforms: The Original Low-Code Platforms original ↗

15 Jan 2025

2024

Searching For Patterns in Digital Modernization original ↗

9 Oct 2024

Using generative AI to transform policy into code original ↗

25 Sept 2024

AI Can’t Save Us By Itself original ↗

22 Jul 2024

Two clear signs that you might be under-investing in your software delivery platform original ↗

11 Apr 2024

The end of the beginning for IRS Direct File original ↗

21 Mar 2024

Parking Signs and Possible Futures for LLMs in Government original ↗

27 Feb 2024

Starting to Believe in Central New York original ↗

27 Feb 2024

Preparing for an AI Future in Government Service Delivery original ↗

3 Jan 2024

2023

Additional Guardrails for AI use in Government original ↗

8 Dec 2023

Banning Generative AI Won’t Work original ↗

16 Nov 2023

Government Agencies Need AI Laboratories original ↗

18 Oct 2023

Engineering smaller burdens original ↗

9 Oct 2023

Embracing Blamelessness to Improve Government Services original ↗

6 Oct 2023

What Old Airplanes Can Teach Government About Adopting Artificial Intelligence original ↗

26 Sept 2023

What to know about no code development tools original ↗

7 Sept 2023

Friction as Security original ↗

9 Aug 2023

The Hidden Costs of Robotic Process Automation in Government original ↗

4 Aug 2023

How DevOps Improves the Customer Experience original ↗

1 Aug 2023

How AI and LLMs will change government websites original ↗

11 Jul 2023

JavaScript for Policy Makers original ↗

30 Jun 2023

Real Results for Government with Generative AI original ↗

20 Jun 2023

Requiem for Procurement Reform original ↗

16 May 2023

Finding a Home for Your Digital Services Team original ↗

27 Apr 2023

The Civic App That Changed My Life original ↗

22 Apr 2023

Come for the mission, stay for the impact original ↗

19 Apr 2023

Bend them, don’t break them original ↗

13 Apr 2023

Which Less is More?original ↗

5 Apr 2023

Black Holes & Government Tech Debt original ↗

9 Mar 2023

Municipal Residency Requirements and Tech Worker Recruitment original ↗

3 Mar 2023

I-81 Obstructionists Say the Quiet Part Out Loud original ↗

17 Feb 2023

Subsidizing Exclusion original ↗

14 Feb 2023

The Federal Government Needs Platform Evangelists original ↗

7 Feb 2023

Revisiting “Density and Destiny”original ↗

1 Feb 2023

A Resolution for Digital Transformation original ↗

31 Jan 2023

A cloud migration is like a kitchen remodel original ↗

25 Jan 2023

Bad choices, good reasons original ↗

24 Jan 2023

Back to the 90’s, the Hard Way original ↗

10 Jan 2023

Moar Reading in 2023 original ↗

4 Jan 2023

2022

Civic Hacking Nostalgia original ↗

20 Dec 2022

Ethics and Algorithms original ↗

14 Dec 2022

Finding Balance In How We Budget for Government IT original ↗

6 Dec 2022

Crisis-driven Technology Investment original ↗

28 Nov 2022

Mashed Potatoes and Digital Modernization original ↗

22 Nov 2022

More Writing, Less Words original ↗

21 Nov 2022

Platforms: More value, more quickly, more securely original ↗

27 Oct 2022

Accelerating the ATO process with a platform approach original ↗

20 Sept 2022

Complexity and (Potential) Corruption original ↗

16 Feb 2022

On Zealotry and Cryptocurrency in Government original ↗

5 Feb 2022

2021

Hands Across America original ↗

2 Mar 2021

What Lies Beneath original ↗

31 Jan 2021

PFC: A Cautionary Tale for Civic Tech original ↗

27 Jan 2021

2020

On Unbecoming a Hotshot original ↗

5 Dec 2020

Virtuous Roadblocks and Digital Service Delivery original ↗

3 Dec 2020

Filling up the Civic Tech Toolbox original ↗

9 Nov 2020

Amplifying Administrative Burden original ↗

7 Jun 2020

Process Eats Culture for Breakfast original ↗

16 Feb 2020

2019

Towards Ethical Algorithms original ↗

16 Jan 2019

2017

Driving Innovation Beyond The Big City original ↗

11 Apr 2017

Operation Data Liberation original ↗

12 Mar 2017

Read My Book original ↗

14 Feb 2017

2016

Building the Government Data Toolkit original ↗

21 Sept 2016

The Changing Role of the Government CDO original ↗

18 Aug 2016

Coming Back from the Brink original ↗

5 Jul 2016

Building the Engine of Change original ↗

5 Jul 2016

Meeting in the Middle original ↗

21 Jun 2016

The Last Mile of Public Service Delivery original ↗

7 Jun 2016