Where is the CODE?

[mnotw]

 var a = new Date();// This is what we called code

[julianhandl]

Not one hint that a github repo needs to contain code: https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/

[nickretallack]

It would be nice if the text of the laws were contained in an actual git repository so that we could view the diffs.

[mahemoff]

Not only is this kind of repo allowed by GitHub's terms, it's positively encouraged - see https://github.com/showcases/policies and https://github.com/showcases/writing for example. And likely one of the reasons GitHub has been working to make editing documents easier via the website and their desktop clients.

(Admittedly their About page still emphasises it's all about the code! That's where the dollars come from. https://github.com/about).

[julianhandl]

@nickretallack +1

[sschengyf]

+1

[g2p]

It's generated by: https://ifttt.com/recipes/152706-open-a-github-issue-for-every-new-bill-signed-into-law

Not exactly source code, but a form. Here's a screenshot.

I think the notifications come from https://github.com/sunlightlabs/scout. The IFTTT channel definition is opaque (IFTTT doesn't have much of an API, ironically), and in fact creating IFTTT channels requires a partnership. The scrapers doing the heavy lifting are at https://github.com/unitedstates/congress .

[mnotw]

@julianhandl @mahemoff I'm new here, thank you for telling me that :D

[shunzh]

It doesn't harm to have the code right? I want to try to compile it and run on some cases!