Don't build it: advice on civic tech from MIT's GOV/LAB

<p><a href="https://mitgovlab.org/people/innocent-ndubuidi-obi/">Innocent</a> is  a research associate at the <a href="https://mitgovlab.org/">MIT Gov /Lab</a>. You can find him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/iobijr">here</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-jordan-5030724/">Luke </a>is the Founder and Executive Director of the civic technology organization <a href="https://www.grassroot.org.za/about">Grassroot</a>, as a practitioner-in-residence in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/lukesjordan">here</a>.</p><p>Our lifeboat of the week goes to John Rotenstein, who explained: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33125790/why-some-services-are-called-aws-xxx-and-the-others-amazon-xxx/33134738#33134738">Why some services are called “AWS XXX” and the others “Amazon XXX”</a>.</p><p> </p>