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This is literally nothing - visualizing an org chart using D3 (a JS dataviz library), playing around with open source geospatial datasets, and a Twitter DM downloader for personal use.

Look at the screenshots, not the description by this "politics reporter" who seems to be indulging in evidence-free witch hunts.

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Exactly, these look like baby’s first JavaScript projects. Surprising considering these doge employees are supposed to be genius coder whiz kids, and yet this looks like the work of someone following a tutorial to write their first tweet downloader.

Does being a 'genius coder whiz kid' imply knowledge of every technology? Should one only be allowed to publish code according to your standards? What kind of nonsense is this?

It implies knowing your boss owns X and you shouldn’t need to write a downloader at all, direct DB access is more efficient, they should know this they’ve been doing a lot of it lately.

Let's skip the statement that Musk being the head to both DOGE (a public agency) & X (a private company) somehow makes it acceptable for one to have access to the other's sensitive data, the downloader project could be unrelated to their DOGE work.

Yes and no.

It’s like opening a trunk and finding rope, crampons, a glass cutter, duct tape, a ski mask, and a pamphlet about the museum’s diamond exhibit.

None of this is impressive or sufficient evidence for a prosecution but we’re not in court.

evidence free witch-hunts. Hm.

I wonder where else I've seen that recently.

The DOGE staffer gets infinite chances, infinite understanding, and infinite excuses. The staffers DOGE targets, if they're lucky, get one chance to prove loyalty.