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2026-06-01 20:40 UTC
I look forward to finding It more about this "website" which, given it is for a significant public institution, might be anything from a simple set static pages describing the facilities of a building to a complex site (or "application") used for managing the discovery and management of digital and ordinal assets by many thousand people.
I certainly expect it should demonstrate more thought and consideration than one could expect from some rando on Fiverr.
And, though I would prefer councils simply employ software engineers on staff, I'm glad to know it has a support agreement!
Will it have been the best and most cost effective way of procuring public software? Unlikely.
Will I come out of this thinking Ben McNulty is a silly billy running his mouth off? One suspects so.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/596986/atrocious-wellington-s-deputy-mayor-slams-600-000-bill-for-library-website/596986/atrocious-wellington-s-deputy-mayor-slams-600-000-bill-for-library-website
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@alex@fedi.smith.geek.nz 2026-06-01 20:42
@tim@cloudisland.nz your links broken, here is the working one; https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions_wellington/596986/atrocious-wellington-s-deputy-mayor-slams-600-000-bill-for-library-website