Aaron Parecki

This whole thread is brilliant. A Kenyan journalist covering the American elections using the same language American media uses to cover elections in African countries

3. Technology is *almost never* the solution to the problem. You need a deep understanding of culture, policy, budget, acquisitions, etc. to be successful. We don't need *ANY* more shiny new websites or hackathons. Your first year should be spent understanding the systems.

1. "Move fast and break things" failed. As a result, we inherited a lot of fast-moving broken things. Sustainability is the most important principle in government tech today.

"Move carefully and fix things."

4. Fam, choose boring tech over shiny. Those mainframes and COBOL still work just fine after 50 years of service. Those React apps you're writing are legacy before they launch, at a hundred times the cost, and no one can run them when you leave - making them abandonware.

For your Zoom call this week.

Feels like that moment in Deep Impact when everyone rejoices that they can destroy the earth killing comet but the smaller chunk still strikes and destroys much of the Eastern seaboard.

This ain’t over until it’s over.

“We all have the same 24 hours a day”.

No we don’t.

Some have less:
-Health issues
-Caring for others
-Unreliable car, home
-Low pay job that requires overtime to survive

Some have more:
-Private driver/jet
-No commute
-Can afford to buy time by paying others to do things.

Hey coffee people. Question. The rest of y’all… go away. We’re alone? OK… so, when it’s late at night, and you’re getting ready for bed, and you walk though the kitchen and you smell your coffee beans… do you wish it were already morning? Do ya? DO YA?!?!

Germany is with us.

what a fucking relief this is, i’m at a loss for words

They are ringing church bells for America. In Germany. Might want to sit with that for a few minutes.

Going to bed early so I can have coffee sooner. Logic.

There is nothing political about encouraging voting, kindness and having empathy for other people. If that IS being political, sorry not sorry. BYE

I look forward to four years that are closer to West Wing and further from Veep.

The real hero today is whoever answered the phone at Four Seasons Landscaping and offered no clarification whatsoever until it was too late, I salute you, my fellow patriot.