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Re:Opening up access to GOV.UK Forms: an online form builder on Friday October 06, 2023 @10:08AM (#37790990)
Thanks so much for this! I’m the design system lead and this has made the team very happy.
‘Developer-first Zapier alternative’ is an odd positioning, I think the point of Zapier is that it’s for non-developers mainly. Looking at the comments, though, it seems like there’s a need for something like this. Keen to see how you iterate and improve your positioning. Good luck!
Re:The Safari bug that never was (2022) on Monday January 09, 2023 @04:56AM (#34308613)
It looks less if you compare salary to salary, but factoring in the civil service pension means GDS staffers probably get paid more
Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:04AM (#34285904)
Actually a 2020 purchase but it keeps paying dividends: Pax 3 vaporiser.
Re:Start a Fucking Blog on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:11AM (#34243580)
Despite the condescending tone, I think you’re probably right about what people want. Medium focused too much on style and making publishing easy, but it’s the discovery aspect people will appreciate.

The TikTok algorithm but for RSS would be a winner.

Re:Encouraging the NHS to build a small web service on Sunday June 12, 2022 @02:33AM (#31712087)
Looks like the Platforms team at NHS Digital own it? https://digital.nhs.uk/blog/tech-talk/2020/5-key-themes-for-...
manager here, but weed helps me unwind and destress after a busy week or day, think i'd jeopardise that work/life balance by ripping shotties during work hours
Psychedelic therapy, unless done right, would create more thoughts and narrow the aperture of any framework or safety net. It seems like a nuclear option in this context (but I’m interested in being corrected on that).
Re:No-bullshit tenets for faster decision-making on Sunday September 19, 2021 @10:31AM (#28584622)
That link to coordination models is good. Wish I had that when writing https://visitmy.website/2020/11/06/users-trust-delivery/
Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2020? on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:04AM (#25373231)
_Steal as much as you can_ by Nathalie Olah. It helped me consider what social mobility really is, as a person from a working-class background.
Re:Ask HN: What's the best paper you've read in 2020? on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:00AM (#25373195)
Making Kin with the Machines, https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/lewis-arista-pechawis-kite...

'What if we treated AI as equals, like other human beings, not as tools or, worse, slaves to their creators?' That's the premise to this paper, which is a wonderful provocation. It's a really important consideration too, when you consider how many of our decisions we're asking machine sentience to make for us. If algorithmic bias were a human judge, they'd be thrown out of court (you'd hope).

Re:Making Kin with the Machines on Friday November 27, 2020 @12:59PM (#25231001)
I love this piece. It combines speculative futures with indigenous ontologies and epistemologies. It's both now and then – which is the point.
Re:Is it morally wrong to write inefficient code? on Friday November 06, 2020 @02:10AM (#25005647)
Is there only ever one answer to a headline that is a question?
Re:Study: Focus will shape the future of distributed work on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @05:45AM (#24978354)
I think a lot of this holds true. Our team experimented with what would happen if we stopped having meetings and sending emails, a hard shift into asynchronous working. It was really useful for helping us find the middle ground, what worked well, rather than stringently requiring everyone to work that way for ever. For example, we found that having meeting-free days really helped people focus on important tasks, getting more done.

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