Direct File on GitHub
Personal blog of Chris Given, government technologist. These words are always written by a human; I have no one to blame but myself.
Direct File is now open source. Finally.
A short, personal post about why: chrisgiven.com/2025/05/dire...
Massive kudos to the Direct File team for pulling this off and showing their commitment to transparency and earning trust.
30.05.2025 14:33 — 👍 129 🔁 34 💬 0 📌 1
AMA with David Glick, Plone core developer
YouTube video by Plone
At the top of the hour (in ~10 minutes), I will do an AMA to answer your questions about the Plone open source project, as part of World Plone Day 2025. Feel free to join! www.youtube.com/live/_688wq-...
10.04.2025 15:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just ran into this last week. I’ll give it another try.
23.12.2024 15:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We brought one home on the bus one year.
16.12.2024 01:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
python-build-standalone has exploded in popularity, with over 70M downloads all-time.
But what is a "standalone" Python build?
It wasn't obvious to me at first! Initially, I didn't understand what problem was being solved or why it mattered...
04.12.2024 02:09 — 👍 160 🔁 20 💬 7 📌 3
Pippin, a lanky orange and white cat, peers into a cardboard box.
Pippin sits in the box.
It’s a good month for boxes.
12.12.2024 06:30 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“Online Tickets: $9 to watch the talks from anywhere in the world! Get yours at l.plone.org/tickets.” Blue and yellow design with logos at the bottom.
Online tickets for #PloneConf2024 are available! 🌐🎉 Join us live from anywhere for just ~$9. Talks only, no training sessions included.
Get your ticket now: https://buff.ly/41dk9sT #PythonCerrado2024
21.11.2024 15:00 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Check that item off the list, obviously
03.12.2023 02:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The web framework that gets my attention will come with tools to help analyze where my own code is slow
16.10.2023 14:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
kickin’ it in the Snack Zone
professional magic: the gathering player
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Space, Cats, Mennonites, Mariners Baseball, Dodgeball, Computers, Pedagogy. Assistant Professor at Queen's University with research in Runtime Verification.
Writer of fantasies for games and other things.
Not sure what I'm doing here yet.
He/Him
corodonfuller.com
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:python: Security, Fellow @ThePSF 🐍 Trans rights, BLM, Minnesoootan, he/him
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Roller derby person who has run the gambit. I play, ref, NSO, announce, and do videography. Oh, and I even occasionally watch derby as a fan.
In my professional life I'm a data engineer.
Technologist by day, mom by night, therapeutic harp student somewhere in between.
Hawkeye in Goshen, Indiana. Love a good conversation about Goshen College and higher ed more broadly, political news, fundraising, faith, and good places to eat.
Software Engineer, Sometimes Photographer (NY Times, Spotify, Rolling Stone), eBike Rider and Urban Planning Enthusiast. Based in Nashville.
AWS Community Hero | Python, Django, Orchestration & Containers | CTO and Founder | IndyPy & IndyAWS | FreeBSD, Linux & ZFS
Firmly believe that the irreducible part of any problem is that people are its solution. Also, that nesting bowls are chaotic evil masquerading as lawful good. Walking my dog, hanging with my cats, and trying to play jazz guitar albeit very badly.
parent, gardener, voter, left coast.
Actor, writer, singer, martial artist, bass guitar player, cat owner, avid reader, bullwhip student and swordsman. A surprisingly sophisticated country boy.
