Give our new beta comments a try!
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl.Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team has been working on a substantial rewrite to...
View ArticlePssst! Come play with our sekrit new comments!
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl.Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team has been working on a substantial rewrite to...
View ArticleThese new comments, they are coming to a blog near you...
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl. Yes, we have finally changed the font back!Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team...
View ArticleOur Spiffy New Civiqs Ticker
Across the top of the page now is a stripe that shows you some of the latest results we have from Civiqs, which you can learn more about from kos’ announcement diary: Announcing Civiqs: the coolest...
View ArticleVoting on California Judges
To me, the Judge section is always the hardest part of the ballot, trying to be non-partisan and reasonable, trying to keep good people of integrity on the Court and working without fear, while also...
View ArticleRomaine Lettuce, Immigration Enforcement, and Food Safety
My favorite Twitter follow these days is Dr. Sarah Taber, a self proclaimed “crop veterinarian” who works as a consultant across the US. In particular, her specialty is food safety audits, including...
View ArticleJust a test
It’s good to be polled,at least for a whilewhenever they callyou give ‘em a smile.It’s good to polledabout each little thing;it’s good to be polledI hear the phone ring.
View ArticleWild and weird weather: next up - atmospheric river
The whole country seems to be having weird weather this week. My corner just escaped the snow of last weekend that closed Hwy 101 in California and left my bemused friends in Oregon and Washington with...
View ArticleYou can beta test our new comments! (Updated with fix)
Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team has been working on a substantial rewrite to the code that drives the site comments. The community that we build via the comments section is one of the...
View ArticleExperiment with our new beta comment adventure
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl.Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team has been working on a substantial rewrite to...
View ArticleGive our new beta comments a try!
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl.Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team has been working on a substantial rewrite to...
View ArticlePssst! Come play with our sekrit new comments!
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl.Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team has been working on a substantial rewrite to...
View ArticleThese new comments, they are coming to a blog near you...
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl. Yes, we have finally changed the font back!Behind the scenes at Daily Kos HQ, the tech team...
View ArticleNew comment software, passing ruffians, will there be pi?
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl. We think we’re getting close to having a fully functional product ready to go.Behind the...
View ArticlePlease try out Daily Kos' new comment software
In our continuing saga of our comment rewrite, I’m once again inviting y’all to give our new code a whirl. We think we’re getting close to having a fully functional product ready to go.Behind the...
View ArticleYou May Have Already Won The Chance to Use Daily Kos' New Comment System
Today, we’ve replaced the existing Daily Kos commenting system with new comments that… look remarkably like the old ones. We in tech are extremely excited about this. For us, it’s the end of a long...
View ArticleJuly is Reset Your Password Month on Daily Kos
The world continues to advance in its weird ways to break into your privacy and infringe on your data. In light of this, we are upgrading our password security on accounts, and this means it’s time for...
View ArticleJuly is Reset Your Password Month on Daily Kos: the annoying sequel
Some of you may remember me from such annoying diaries as July is Reset Your Password Month on Daily Kos. Some may have hoped that it didn’t mean you. Alas.Starting today, when you log in to the site,...
View ArticleScheduled Maintenance tonight
Here’s hoping the database has the zoomies after. At around 1 am Pacific / 4am Eastern time on early Thursday morning, we plan to take the site down for some brief database upgrades. We expect the...
View ArticleSmall update to comments
We had an issue a while back with how touchscreen devices were interacting with the new comments that caused us to temporarily remove the list of comment recommenders from those devices. It took longer...
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