A great summary of why the party's tech stack is broken

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https://threader.app/thread/1224820389387223041

In the wake of the 2016 election there was a lot of energy around funding better tools. We had folks like @raffi go over to work at the DNC. We had Higher Ground Labs promise money in to the space, they funded Shadow, and many other projects.

Unfortunately they funded it using a startup / incubator model. Giving startup funds to many projects in a cohort and helping them get to an MVP and pitch founders for more money.

After the initial infusion, there was no more money to be had. These projects all failed when they ran out of money. There was no budget to fund development between cycles. The decision makers know nothing about how technology, or its development works.

Most of us gave up on building campaign tech. Thousands of other dedicated technologists who are organized through http://progcode.org and http://ragtag.org are struggling but unsustainable.

The whole thread is really good.

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1. Just gonna share this here.

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