Inform.US

A web application project I started with a few friends of mine, which has become an incorporated LLC with the goal of making it easier for the American public to stay informed and engaged with their government and the civic process. On the website (which you can check out here), you can learn more about bills in the legislature and how your congressmen have voted on them, candidates running for your local district, as well as important actions taken by the executive and judicial branches. I work on all aspects of the website, but primarily focus on designing the database, gathering info, and administering the web servers which run the website. My job involves automating the task of fetching all kinds of information from different government websites and compiling them into a single cohesive database that can be queried to display the relevant info on our site all in one place. Through working on this project, I have learned a lot about Python scripting, MySQL databases, and Apache server configuration, as well as refining my skills in PHP and JavaScript.

Name: Inform.US

Platform: Web Application

Technologies: Apache, Ubuntu Linux, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python