Bill Hunt

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US Gov Civic Technologist & Policy Nerd. EOPbot (npub1y2g…7meq) maker. PublicInterest.Town admin #Cyberpunk #Govpunk Web1.1 enthusiast. he/him

US SEC Cloud Director. Prev: OMB (White House) Cloud Policy Lead, US Digital Service at the VA, US SBA IT Director (COVID-19 relief), Sunlight Foundation, OpenGov Foundation, etc.

Richmond, VA, US

Views expressed are personal and NOT government positions or official policy.

:move_carefully: "Move carefully and fix things"

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2024-08-06 11:28:01

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Perfect! I hope it's not too lonely!

2024-07-23 14:37:17

The absolute darkest UI pattern that is used everywhere is the no-reply email address blackhole that every service uses. I'm struggling to think of anything more anti-user than "here's some information - now talk to the hand."
Make it easy for people to talk to a real human. If that's not cost-effective for you, you're prioritizing the wrong things in your service.

2024-07-10 16:08:22

July 11th at 2PM Eastern is the next Agile Community of Practice meeting under the Federal CIO Council! This is open to all US gov staff: federal, state, local, & tribal!
FDIC explains the basics of Agile, IRS talks about their journey, and I'll be recapping our community survey!
If you'd like to join the CoP just send an email to Agile-subscribe-request@listserv.gsa.gov and we'll add you to the mailing list! Drop me a comment if you have trouble.
Likes and reposts are greatly appreciated!

2024-07-03 13:12:31

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That cancels out though right? RIGHT? 😬

2024-06-18 15:36:17

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why am i just imagining Zelda cloning a pot, Link running into the room to break it, running out again, and Zelda huffing as she makes a new one, just to have the cycle continue.

2024-06-13 13:38:22

Hey new followers (and old ones!) - just a reminder that I put out videos where I'm building neat things in #videogames like #Satisfactory and #Minecraft
I'm *super* close to hitting the magical 1000 followers milestone, which unlocks a lot of things for me as a creator in YouTube. If this is your sort of content, would you mind giving me a follow over there? It's free! https://www.youtube.com/@EnderpriseArchitecture
(Likes and comments on videos help a LOT too!)

2024-06-08 12:48:36

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Oooooh I just realized coding *is* stimming! The clickety-clack of the keys under your fingers and the hyperfocus? Is this why so many programmers insist on loud mechanical keyboards? #autism

2024-06-08 12:47:16

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Also brackets on the line *after* the name of the function or class looks dumb. It's just out there dangling for no good reason. It makes the function declaration look like an annotation around anonymous code. I hate it.

2024-06-08 12:26:35

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As an ooooooold PHP user (since v3!) the switch in PSR-1 to requiring camelCase for everything is incredibly jarring. Every classic native function uses snake_case, so the idea that class methods shouldn't do that is just... weird. (I personally find camelCase to be harder to read too.)

2024-06-05 18:07:46

Oh hey look, I found a whole repository of open source licenses that have been modified to explicitly prevent AI usage: https://github.com/non-ai-licenses/non-ai-licenses

2024-06-04 12:01:50

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I tried installing a couple of "lightweight" PHP frameworks and database wrappers and... they're friggin' huge. Thousands of files. Looks like the library bloat of JavaScript has come to PHP while I was away.
So the question is, do I resurrect my 2000s era PHP micro-framework for this one-shot project? It'll take some love to get it updated to PHP 8.
https://github.com/krusynth/Valvalis

2024-06-04 01:30:11

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Relatedly, having deployed a ton of Wordpress sites over the years, it always feels like the *number* of files is the thing that makes uploading slow, not the *size* of the files. Or maybe it’s the process of getting the state of each directory?
I’ll need to do some research, but I wonder if concatenating entire libraries into a single file is faster? (Obviously rewriting any include statements.) Certainly it’s easier.

2024-06-03 20:02:38

I've been struggling to make progress on a personal coding project I've had in the back of my mind for over a year. Unfortunately there are just too many hobbies competing for my attention these days.
Though now I'm thinking about starting it from scratch and using PHP, without composer, for the sheer convenience of being able to drag-and-drop the whole app and use it on cheap hosting. 🤔 Standing up a web app should be as easy as running Wordpress. (But hopefully with fewer vulnerabilities.)

2024-05-08 22:41:45

At long last, I’ve released *SIX* new shirt designs for my series three in my shop, which including the AI design i posted earlier! Check ‘em out! #GovPunk
https://billhunt.dev/shop/
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2024-04-28 23:53:43

Everyone is talking about fast fashion, but no one is talking about the plague of fast furniture. It’s impossible to find true durable pieces that can last for generations anymore, even the so-called “Amish made” pieces are typically cheap stuff being bulk produced in one of a dozen massive factories.
I can’t even find a solid wood panel bed at any of the vintage or resale shops anymore. Particleboard is the only choice we’re being given. It’s tragic.

2024-04-23 20:50:41

Working on a new t-shirt design. What do y'all think?
https://media.publicinterest.town/media_attachments/files/112/322/503/463/831/756/original/9c62a25e65c72a62.jpg

2024-04-09 16:27:14

On April 9, 1865, the Confederate army surrendered to the Union.
During their retreat, the Confederates burned down their own capital, the city of Richmond, VA - my current home. They burned 90% of the business district, all the warehouses and goods. The citizens were left destitute and homeless.
I need you to remember this when you're fighting white supremacy: these people will turn on everyone else to save themselves. They're cowards who believe in nothing but their own self interests.