Civic Coding In Ruby

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Argues that Ruby and Rails power practical civic apps: a Ruby app and SMS client that turn city service directories into an API, a Balance app that shows monthly welfare balances, CutePets for animal shelter adoptions, and an ACLU evidence locker that uploads video before phones get confiscated. Cites Code for America’s GitHub where Ruby is the top backend language, a 19‑country study of civic tech benefits, Slovakia cutting corruption with a contracts app, and Singapore dengue mapping.

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1. 0:00Introduction and welcome
2. 1:51What is civic hacking?
3. 3:58Why civic hacking matters to you
4. 7:32Insiders vs outsiders in civic hacking
5. 10:21How outsiders drive change
6. 12:46Getting involved with Ruby

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