alt Hacker NewsTrue but on election night you’re just changing things from null to one of two strings.
I’ve spent 17 years in news and it’s not uncommon to operate short term journalistic stuff off a Google sheet or xml file. It’s basically fine.
True but on election night you’re just changing things from null to one of two strings.
I’ve spent 17 years in news and it’s not uncommon to operate short term journalistic stuff off a Google sheet or xml file. It’s basically fine.
If you know, you know. Lots of bystander comments in this discussion, finding fault or claiming they’d do it better. Maybe NBC News should be recruiting from here.
And all that is missing the real story, which is how one guy made tech magic happen, and how it feels to be praised for a technical accomplishment when those praising have very little idea what it really took.