[ulrashida]

Figures this comes from the National Design Studio (https://ndstudio.gov/) which ironically also ignores the government's own advice on web standards and correct use of identifying headers.

One can assume the US Tech Force will perceive itself as also unfettered by those silly rules and good practices.

[cvoss]

My actual first thought was "Is this a hoax?" precisely because the website did not identify itself as a US government website in the usual way for executive branch sites.

[H1Supreme]

I know it's par for the course these days, but that's a lot of Js and CSS for a single page app with some text, a few images, and a list of collapsible info sections (whose animations aren't very smooth).

[torginus]

Do those standards mandate a correctly rendered US flag?

[mxfh]

New memo is one star, but compensate with 5 squares for what could be a simple rectangle. That logo's SVG is weird.

[torginus]

I didn't mean the logo (honestly didn't even notice). I was talking about the robot guy's t-shirt - it does have 13 stripes, but the number and layout of stars look rather play-it-by-ear.

[ajs1998]

If you scroll to the bottom there's another image of the robot with lights/dark stripes flipped. And his head is different.

This government is a joke.

[wmeredith]

AI slop

[ChrisArchitect]

Why is all of ND Studio's work so severely AI/'tech/crypto bro'/SF-billboard-vibe coded?

[Barrin92]

That's what an oligarchy looks like, 'careers' consist of trying to glaze whatever moneyed person in power you can in hopes of getting a contract

[phantasmish]

I’d bet this whole initiative exists only as an interface to issue fat “AI” contracts to pals.

[amarcheschi]

Click on America by design initiative

"What's the biggest brand in the world? If you said Trump, you're not wrong. But what's the foundation of that brand? One that's more globally recognized than practically anything else.

...

This is President Trump going bigger than President Nixon"

Jesus christ, man

[kstrauser]

I about spit my coffee when I saw that. Good grief.

> We've been conditioned to accept that mediocre in government is normal.

Yes, I do now accept that mediocre [sic] in government is normal for the next few years.

[nebula8804]

An entire generation has grown up post Nixon and hasn't known government that worked so yes...could you blame them?

Furthermore only ~50% of the country has a passport so many haven't even seen how things run elsewhere.

[kulahan]

Are you under the impression this is somehow different from the last few years?

[kstrauser]

Of course. Whatever problems the US government had before, mass firings, loyalty tests, furloughs, and endless other shenanigans have only exacerbated them.

[exceptione]

Are you American? Do you think this is normal? Just curious (non American).

[kulahan]

There is a somewhat stubborn idea that a government will always have many inefficiencies baked in, since there’s no real incentive to remove them beyond a generic “that would be nice”.

[jimbokun]

Mediocre is probably the ceiling.

[ipython]

:( I had to click through because I didn't believe you at first... as someone who used to proudly work with feds, this yet another low point in many over the past ten years.