#317: Python at the US Federal Election Commission

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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When you think of government software development and projects, do you fast apps and modern tech stacks jump to mind? Probably not. So you'll be delighted to hear from our guest, Laura Beaufort. She's the Tech Lead at the US Federal Election Commission.

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0:00.0	When you think of government software development and projects, do fast apps and modern tech
0:04.2	stacks jump to mind?
0:05.2	Probably not.
0:06.2	So you'll be delighted to hear from our guest, Laura Buford.
0:09.3	She's the tech lead at the US Federal Election Commission.
0:12.5	She and her team have built a very modern tech stack running modern Flask web apps with APIs
0:17.4	powered by SQLEquiry and Flask Restful.
0:20.0	This app and its API are available as open source on GitHub,
0:23.6	and they deploy it with continuous delivery right out to cloud.gov.
0:28.1	There are lots of lessons to learn for governmental agencies around the world,
0:31.1	as well as private organizations, small and large.
0:34.2	This is Talk Python, episode 317, recorded May 19th, 2021. Welcome to Talk Python
0:54.0	to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
0:59.0	This is your host, Michael Kennedy. Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy, and keep up with
1:03.6	the show and listen to past episodes at Talk Python.fm and follow the show on Twitter via At Talk Python.
1:09.8	This episode is brought to you by Square and us over at Talk Python Training.
1:14.4	Please check out what we're offering during our segments.
1:16.3	It really helps support the show.
1:18.2	Laura, welcome to Talk Python to me.
1:19.9	Thank you very much, Michael.
1:21.0	Happy to be here.
1:21.7	Yeah, I'm so happy to have you here as well.
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