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10 Tips for New GitHub Projects

By Jono Bacon | June 14, 2016

GitHub has become a fairly central part of many open source projects. Although many people focus on the code-hosting aspect of GitHub, the platform also includes comprehensive features for issue management, code review, and integration with many other tools and platforms. For new open source projects, however, getting started and ensuring that GitHub repos are in tip-top shape and ready to attract new developers can be a little overwhelming. To smooth this transition, here are 10 tips for rocking your octo-project and getting your new project off to a great start...

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Healthcare.gov: Code Developed By The People And For The People, Released Back To The People

Alex Howard | The Atlantic | June 28, 2013

This new flagship federal .gov website is "open by design, open by default." That's a huge win for the American people. Read More »

HHS Goes Open Source To Build Better, More Powerful Website

John Breeden II | GCN | May 1, 2013

When the Healthcare.gov website re-launches in June, users may not notice much of a change, but on the back end, there is a lot of open-source magic going on that will make content generation and the sharing of information more seamless than it is on perhaps any other government site operating today. Read More »

How We Build CMS-Free Websites

Dave Cole | Development Seed | July 27, 2012

It's been almost two years since Development Seed deliberately stopped building websites with Drupal and moved away from CMS-driven applications altogether. Since then, our recent blog posts about investing in Prose.io, rebuilding our own websites with Jekyll, creating the MapBox Map Site templates, and launching new client-sponsored projects like MIX Maps indicate the new approach we're taking. Read More »

New Healthcare.gov Is Open, CMS-Free

Dave Cole | Development Seed | March 12, 2013

HHS CTO Bryan Sivak previews details and vision for relaunch of the high-profile government website Read More »

Obamacare’s Open Source Project Lives On — Even After White House Kills It

Robert McMillan | Wired | October 22, 2013

Months before the ill fated launch of Healthcare.gov — the website built to give millions of Americans access to affordable health care — government officials were already describing it as something special. Read More »