Andrew Nacin

@nacin

Erstwhile , , Lead Developer. Tweets are my own. Vote.

Joined September 2008
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  1. Retweeted
    4 May 2017

    Gaze not into the abyss, lest you become recognized as an abyss domain expert, and they expect you keep gazing into the damn thing.

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  2. Retweeted
    Feb 11

    This essay is as bad as the headline suggests, and a reminder that a certain type of political journalist enjoyed the chaos because they would never be targets of the administration. Our journalism is worse for it.

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  3. Jan 26

    It’s been more than a decade so I guess it’s time for . This one was taken by on a foggy street in San Francisco.

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  4. Retweeted
    Jan 21

    I love how everyone in tech is picking apart the new site and literally every comment I’ve seen is positive. I’m feeling x-build-back-better header indeed!

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  5. Jan 25

    There’s definitely WordPress in government. It’s just not what powers any of the 30 interconnected systems that probably cost $500 million and are decades old and weren’t built with users in mind and make it harder for the government to provide healthcare or economic relief.

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  6. Jan 25

    I promised I would blog more when I left , but the truth is I have just never really been in a position to be allowed to say a lot about my work. I do have a lot of stories to tell, but a fun fact: I never worked on a single WordPress site in my 4+ years in government.

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  7. Jan 25

    I also worked on a process called Agency Review, which meant by law my name and current employer were published on the internet. I was on two teams, reviewing and DHS, after having worked on immigration & refugee issues under Obama. [fixing threading, I should have blogged]

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  8. Retweeted
    Jan 25

    The inside story via of how was quickly revamped and pulled together with accessibility and inclusion top of mind, feat. , , , , and .

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  9. Jan 25

    I don’t know how many questions I’ll be able to answer, but happy to entertain them. 🙂

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  10. Jan 25

    We’ll find more opportunities to talk about some of the technical aspects of in the months ahead, because even though it’s just another WordPress site, we did our best to ensure the Biden-Harris Administration would be ready to communicate on Day One. 🇺🇸

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  11. Jan 25

    is powered by WordPress and the Gutenberg editor. The team at , with an assist from , built a truly innovative editing experience in Gutenberg to drive the site. It’s mind-boggling good.

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  12. Jan 25

    The excellent design and lightning fast frontend was built by the fabulous team at :

    So many talented people worked their tails off to get the new brand & website launched last Wednesday. Our express goal was to give the new Biden-Harris Administration a seamless, fresh start (and do our best to make it all look easy). 1/?
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  13. Jan 25

    If you want to read more about the effort, wrote about it:

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  14. Jan 25

    It turns out it’s actually unprecedented to build a new from scratch at the beginning of an administration. The Bush team coded up Obama‘s designs. The Trump team changed the name on Obama’s site. We did a six-month design and build in six weeks.

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  15. Jan 25

    (”Tight deadlines“ is underselling the fact that the deadline is so hard that it is in the Constitution.)

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  16. Jan 25

    I was privileged to lead the talented teams behind and . I'm proud what we accomplished up against tight deadlines and a presidential transition unlike any other. The reviews of have been a joy to read. ❤️🇺🇸

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  17. Jan 25

    Especially with my name listed publicly, it was obvious to a number of you who messaged me that I probably had a hand in . , you caught me.

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  18. Jan 25

    The concept and execution of presidential transitions are just wild. You only have a few short months to get ready for “Day One.” Of course, this whirlwind is essential to American democracy and the peaceful transition of power.

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  19. Jan 25

    Some professional news… I spent the last few months working on the Biden-Harris Transition Team. It was an incredible and humbling experience helping to prepare an administration inheriting many dire crises. A thread.

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  20. Jan 20

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