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How to use more open source in your next federal IT acquisition
on November 26, 2014
The history of open source software is a record of steadily turning tremendously expensive custom-built solutions into freely available infrastructure that you can simply take for granted. What once were astoundingly sophisticated, expensive human endeavors have become open source tools you can drop into place in your project on a whim.
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Taking control of our website with Jekyll and webhooks
on November 17, 2014
How we moved our website to Jekyll, left Tumblr behind, and set up automatic deployment with webhooks.
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Why we use HTTPS for every .gov we make
on November 13, 2014
18F uses HTTPS in every .gov website we make, so that our users have a fast, secure, private connection.
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How to run your own three-sprint agile workshop
on October 21, 2014
You can’t learn agile software development from a book any more than you can learn to perform a one-handed jump shot without repeatedly tossing a basketball in the hoop. You can read a book about the basic idea, you can read a book to get started, and you can read a book about refining your technique, but in the end you have to practice.
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18F open source hack series: Midas
on October 1, 2014
18F invites designers and developers from inside and outside of government to join us for a flurry of coding and sketching. Midas is an open source project in active development by 18F, Health & Human Services (HHS) IDEA Lab and the State Department. A small cross-agency team, dedicated to launching this product to empower passionate civil servants and aspiring diplomats all over the world.
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