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Matters of record.

Problem narratives from the field. Each one is a walk through a specific decision — what the constraint was, what the approach was, and what I'd do differently the next time.

  1. I

    The Illegal Comment Problem

    Detecting criminally illegal speech in comment threads without drowning the humans who have to sign off on removal.

    • §Filed 2026-03
    • §DE · StGB
    • §6 min
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  2. II

    Shipping Civic Tech on a $30 Budget

    What changes when your entire production stack has to fit on a 4GB box, survive a public audit, and cost less than lunch.

    • §Filed 2026-04
    • §EU · NGO
    • §6 min
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  3. III

    Evidence That Holds

    Building artifact pipelines where every record has to be traceable, timestamped, and reviewable by someone who wasn't there.

    • §Filed 2026-04
    • §DE · Evidentiary
    • §7 min
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Fahim Shahriyer

civic tech & legaltech product engineer

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