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Re:Building a better gov.uk, step by step on Friday October 19, 2018 @06:08AM (#18255534)
Disclaimer I used to work for the Ministry of Justice (UK) as a software developer.

There are two aspects I feel worth mentioning:

1. GOV.UK is not one single unit but rather quite distributed. these styles and standards are created by a central organisation called Government Digital Service, and all the the government departments follow and feedback. There is a design community and one of the ways of collaboration is to use a Wiki https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/GOV.UK-Design-Patterns-Wiki-hk...

2. UK government is a big open source software contributor. Software projects by default are open source on github. It felt really good getting paid for writing open source code when I worked there :) https://www.gov.uk/guidance/be-open-and-use-open-source

Re:Preact : a smaller, faster React alternative on Monday August 21, 2017 @06:17AM (#15063385)
how does this compare with react fiber?
Where does Windows Subsystem for Linux fit for the future?
Re:Rax – A universal React-compatible render engine on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:50AM (#13390091)
Does it support stateless function component?
Re:Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M on Monday January 09, 2017 @11:32AM (#13357532)
I don't get the tone of damning. The feeling is "there is no perfect solution, and Jira although with its flaws, is better than other options."
very interesting!
Re:A Better Pip Workflow on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @10:57AM (#11210703)
Nice post as alway from Kenneth.

However, this workflow has a little drawback. If you have a dependency not from pipy, e.g. `pip install git+ssh://github.com/kennethreitz/requests.git@master`, it won't work.

Re:English Proficiency Index on Sunday October 05, 2014 @06:35PM (#8413667)
Yes, totally agree. Most of the Singaporeans I know speak English as their first language. Their standard of written English is arguably higher than that of Britain due to their strict education system.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2012) on Sunday December 02, 2012 @03:52PM (#4862453)
Sounds quite interesting. Would recommend people that I trust to apply.