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Recoding America by Jennifer Pahlka. A technologist who helped the US federal government for several years looks backs and describes all the problems with government adopting digital interfaces in a way that actually helps users. Also a commentary on how the waterfall model of governance, where grandiose legislation is passed, without taking feedback from those implementing it, leads to accretion of convoluted regulations and horrible user experiences for the most disadvantaged of us.


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