Bert Hubert

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Yeah. So I built a sort of parliamentary monitoring system. So we have a Also an upper chamber and a lower chamber and politics house here. And they have a pretty competent website. So it's not that it's bad, but like half a year ago, at one point there was a new law here in the Netherlands, which is quite impactful for the internet community. And we hadn't noticed.

Yeah. So I built a sort of parliamentary monitoring system. So we have a Also an upper chamber and a lower chamber and politics house here. And they have a pretty competent website. So it's not that it's bad, but like half a year ago, at one point there was a new law here in the Netherlands, which is quite impactful for the internet community. And we hadn't noticed.

So the law was about to enter into force and we didn't know about it. Luckily, the law was not so bad, but we only had a few days to look at it. And we knew that if it was bad, we would not have been able to do anything in those few days. So back then I said, we can never have this happen again.

So the law was about to enter into force and we didn't know about it. Luckily, the law was not so bad, but we only had a few days to look at it. And we knew that if it was bad, we would not have been able to do anything in those few days. So back then I said, we can never have this happen again.

And on the Dutch parliamentary website, you can put some search terms and it will send you messages if any new documents match those search terms. It's a bit clunky. It's not that great. So I thought, let's make some kind of advanced warning monitor that we on the internet can put up just searches and say, like, the moment you have a meeting about internet censorship, I want to know about it.

And on the Dutch parliamentary website, you can put some search terms and it will send you messages if any new documents match those search terms. It's a bit clunky. It's not that great. So I thought, let's make some kind of advanced warning monitor that we on the internet can put up just searches and say, like, the moment you have a meeting about internet censorship, I want to know about it.

And not only do I want to know when it actually happens, I want to know as many months in advance as possible. And from that, I built this monitoring website and it grew and grew and grew. And actually the sort of fun thing is if you are outside the government, you can innovate rather quickly. And the Dutch parliament is completely open data.

And not only do I want to know when it actually happens, I want to know as many months in advance as possible. And from that, I built this monitoring website and it grew and grew and grew. And actually the sort of fun thing is if you are outside the government, you can innovate rather quickly. And the Dutch parliament is completely open data.

So everything they do, you can effectively monitor the state of the parliamentary documentation system to your house, which I do. And that grew and grew and is now quite popular in the sense that even many politicians are using it and many civil organizations are using it. And the most interesting thing and which I find most important, it turns out that

So everything they do, you can effectively monitor the state of the parliamentary documentation system to your house, which I do. And that grew and grew and is now quite popular in the sense that even many politicians are using it and many civil organizations are using it. And the most interesting thing and which I find most important, it turns out that

My simple parliamentary information website, and it's like really straightforward, it's plain HTML, almost no JavaScript, works really well with software for blind people. And it turns out there are some government workers that have to work with these parliamentary documents. And they found out that their screen reader software just has a lot of fun with my site.

My simple parliamentary information website, and it's like really straightforward, it's plain HTML, almost no JavaScript, works really well with software for blind people. And it turns out there are some government workers that have to work with these parliamentary documents. And they found out that their screen reader software just has a lot of fun with my site.

So I now have a few low vision government workers that are actually relying on my site to do their job. And that has added to my sense of that is not just a hobby anymore. It's just that people actually need this stuff. And, um, so yeah, this is an, and there from that, I learned all these very interesting things that you only learn when you go live with services, with things that you don't know.

So I now have a few low vision government workers that are actually relying on my site to do their job. And that has added to my sense of that is not just a hobby anymore. It's just that people actually need this stuff. And, um, so yeah, this is an, and there from that, I learned all these very interesting things that you only learn when you go live with services, with things that you don't know.

For one thing that, for example, that I learned is that if you have an iPhone and someone enters a search term in your form and you do that within a quotes, because you want to search for, for a sentence and the iPhone will turn it into smart quotes. And that is not something your search engine is ready for. Your search engine doesn't recognize these smart quotes as smart quotes.

For one thing that, for example, that I learned is that if you have an iPhone and someone enters a search term in your form and you do that within a quotes, because you want to search for, for a sentence and the iPhone will turn it into smart quotes. And that is not something your search engine is ready for. Your search engine doesn't recognize these smart quotes as smart quotes.

Well, it just puts them in the smart. So I had this weird situation that iPhone users couldn't find anything. And this is the kind of thing that you only learn in production. And the other thing I learned, I have these signup emails where you can, and passwordless login emails. So you can just log in with your email address, which is quite popular these days. And for some people, it didn't work.

Well, it just puts them in the smart. So I had this weird situation that iPhone users couldn't find anything. And this is the kind of thing that you only learn in production. And the other thing I learned, I have these signup emails where you can, and passwordless login emails. So you can just log in with your email address, which is quite popular these days. And for some people, it didn't work.