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Dec 24, 2021

Notes from Dijkstra’s A Discipline of Programming

Edsger Dijkstra, famous for graph algorithms, also wrote the 1976 book A Discipline of Programming about the practice of computer science. Thanks to my friend Ben Klemens for the hard-bound copy of the book. …

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Notes from Dijkstra’s A Discipline of Programming
Notes from Dijkstra’s A Discipline of Programming

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Jul 14, 2021

We went solar and here are the real numbers

As a progressive, data geek, and homeowner, solar panels were hard to resist. After moving into our new home in 2020, my spouse and I decided to invest in installing a solar panel array on our roof. …

Solar Energy

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We went solar and here are the real numbers
We went solar and here are the real numbers
Solar Energy

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Feb 23, 2020

A personal taxonomy of jewishness

Months before my bar mitzvah I realized I was agnostic about god, and by the time I was 35 my jewishness was honed to Passover and tzedakah. Then some things happened, normal things, that brought jewishness to the front of my mind: moving in with my now-wife Leah who has…

Judaism

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A personal taxonomy of jewishness
A personal taxonomy of jewishness
Judaism

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Jan 14, 2020

What three weeks in Japan taught me about public transit signage

My wife and I spent our honeymoon in Japan — the first trip there for both of us. …

Japan

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What three weeks in Japan taught me about public transit signage
What three weeks in Japan taught me about public transit signage
Japan

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May 16, 2019

Write joyous git commit messages

Tips (or a convention) for writing good commit messages in your source code version control. — I have been known to write very long git commit messages. What follows is a guide to writing good commit messages in a style that I like for my projects. Why I have high expectations for git commit messages There are two main reasons why I care about git commit messages in my projects: Some projects are very serious…

Git

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Git

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Apr 25, 2019

A Minimalist Haggadah

A short and somewhat secular take on the traditional Passover Haggadah. — For the motivation that led me to write this Minimalist Haggadah, please see: My search begins for a new Passover Haggadah What I’m looking for in a Haggadah and a link to my Minimalist Haggadah.medium.com I developed this Haggadah with no formal experience in Jewish scholarship but an interest in getting the key components of the Seder locked down before trying other modern alternatives. …

Judaism

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A Minimalist Haggadah
A Minimalist Haggadah
Judaism

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Apr 25, 2019

My search begins for a new Passover Haggadah

My arrival to the search The Jewish holiday Passover has always been my favorite holiday, and it is a part of some of my earliest and fondest memories. My grandfather led the earliest Seders in my lifetime, directing each member of the family to have a turn reading a portion of the Haggadah in Hebrew…

Judaism

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My search begins for a new Passover Haggadah
My search begins for a new Passover Haggadah
Judaism

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·Oct 14, 2018

Mayor’s advisory group issues recommendations on how to find your open data stakeholders

In 2016, DC Mayor Bowser established an Open Government Advisory Group (OGAG) comprised of members of the public (like me) and government staff from across the District’s government. Although the group has been underwhelming, our work on promoting open government data in the District has had two outcomes. …

Open Data

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Open Data

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Apr 13, 2018

Holding DC’s Board of Ethics and Government Accountability accountable to thinking before doing

After DC’s Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (BEGA) declined to re-appoint the District’s chief open government enforcer for a second term, I filed Freedom of Information Act requests with BEGA and the Executive Office of the Mayor for relevant emails to find out more about what really happened. Was…

FOIA

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FOIA

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Feb 9, 2018

My testimony to the DC Council on BEGA’s Office of Open Government

Last week DC’s Board of Ethics and Government Accountability decide not to renew the appointment of its Director of the Office of Open Government for another five-year term. Below is the testimony I made before the DC Council’s judiciary committee (video) yesterday. First, some background: D.C.'s open-government watchdog took her job seriously. Then she lost it. D.C. lawmakers voiced concern Monday about the unexplained removal of the District's government-transparency watchdog…www.washingtonpost.com

Open Government

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My testimony to the DC Council on BEGA’s Office of Open Government
My testimony to the DC Council on BEGA’s Office of Open Government
Open Government

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Joshua Tauberer

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Civic hacker & software engineering manager. https://joshdata.me

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