Craig J. Bass
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Craig J. Bass
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Strategy, tech & products to improve society. Principal Software Engineer @madetech.bsky.social (he/him/they/them)
I’m not endorsing or criticising the recent announcement by the government; but the announced approach is interesting:

- it is not mandatory, except to prove right to work
- it’s not physical, making it theoretically cheaper to administer
- it can be theoretically used online and in person
September 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Netherlands - mandatory to always carry identity documents from age 14

Estonia - mandatory electronic identity card from age 15

Germany - card or passport age 16

Spain - card from age 14

Belgium - card from age 12

Portugal - ID card from 20 days old
September 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
At this point there is so many case studies that this is “normal”, that it is easy to justify the pain and the cost in an OBC. Why would the consultancies or vendors change anything when more effort = more billable hours??
September 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
What’s wild is that once you finish migrating to a new ERP you’re already starting your next. Endless cycle of pain.
September 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Delegation is ideal because then if IP changes occur (common in cloud native solutions) we aren’t jumping on a CAB… and we can use DNS01 challenge for SSL certificate renewal automatically in the background.
September 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I led the technical work to get the Made Tech SaaS products work on government subdomains. It wasn’t trivial, and actually the least brittle approach involves delegating the subdomain..this is often questioned by security teams. It creates quite a bit of additional overhead to manage without
September 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
There is a way to do both!
September 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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September 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Can confirm that the fix my street issue was closed in less than 24 hours. Update was someone attended and observed a car with no license plates, it doesn’t meet the local policy definition of abandoned which is within their right to define — so basically in this LA nobody needs plates
August 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
With caveat

Please note if the first two conditions are not met, the vehicle will not be classed as abandoned and therefore, we will be unable to remove it.
August 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
And the definition of “abandoned” is really narrow:

- Stationary for a significant amount of time (at least two months)
- Significantly damaged, run down or unroadworthy
- Burned out
- Lacking one or more of its registration plates
- Build-up of dirt around vehicle

August 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Turns out nobody wants to deal with this issue.
August 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Hmm, I found some articles about SWR apologising for delays in rolling out the Arterio stock, so maybe this is their way of demonstrating look here are the ARTERIO TRAINS
June 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM