Helping public organizations collectively develop and maintain public code
summary
Foundation for Public Code organizes collaborative development through a defined codebase stewardship model with four pillars: community, product, support and quality. It audits contributions against a 15‑point Standard for Public Code (draft v2.1), runs automated commit/merge checks, and offers tools like a governance card game and MR review workflow. So far it examines >10 codebases, runs 4 active projects (citizen reporting, case‑management middleware, policy→geography mapping, municipal mock site) and engages 22 municipalities across 9 countries.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:03Public organizations need public code
- 3:55Software as infrastructure
- 6:02Public digital infrastructure
- 8:51Codebase stewardship
- 12:49Standard for Public Code
- 15:16Foundation growth and impact
- 17:00Collaborative tools and hiring
- 18:27Q&A
- 20:37Q&A accessibility and democracy
- 21:21Q&A public code projects
- 23:55Closing
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