bonertruck

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   by bonertruck 13y ago

   There is an existing fundraising infrastructure, an existing polling infrastructure, an existing media market infrastructure, all of these are highly successful and competitive and get candidates elected. When you're introducing sprawling n
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   by bonertruck 13y ago

   Perhaps that was a bit overly broad and not quite representative of what I meant to convey. The problems faced by a campaign and the problems faced by a tech start up are inclusive but not all encompassing. Every dollar you save on your ser
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   by bonertruck 13y ago

   Yes and no. This diagram lays out how to do this kind of thing cheaply and scale the systems up and down quickly. It allows the campaign to bring these systems and services "in house" instead of contracting 3rd parties to manage adding boxe
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   by bonertruck 13y ago

   It is in a way. The department heads were very worried about the scrutiny and tone of the press in covering project narwhal and actively discouraged its use as a codename for the project.
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   by bonertruck 13y ago

   Ask Scott why they ended up going with Akamai and how they, "reached out" to the campaign. Funny story.
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   by bonertruck 13y ago

   The DNC does the job of folding any successful and reusable parts from the campaign into a continuing technology stack.
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   by bonertruck 13y ago

   The campaign isn't a tech startup. Its a people startup that uses tech to facilitate the things that people do.