Code for Philly

Philadelphia

Biography

Code for Philly is a volunteer-run civic hacking group associated with nonprofit Code for America.

Technical.ly Coverage

  • Into open data and social justice? This October hackathon at Drexel is for you

  • Events Roundup: These 8 Philly events kick off a summer of tech this June

  • RealLIST Connectors 2022: Get to know 22 leaders making Philly’s tech and biz ecosystem stronger

  • Power Moves: Code for Philly welcomed this Jarvus exec as its new chapter director

  • Code for America has voluntarily recognized a workers union

  • Here’s where 6 Philly-made COVID-19 tech projects stand now

  • PSA: Volunteer tech work can be a resume builder

  • Tech can spur civic change. But should it need to fill government’s gaps?

  • Technologists wanted to help amid a tumultuous 2020. Code for Philly saw its volunteer ranks swell

  • ‘I’ve overcome my fear of failing’: An entry-level dev on the value of testing and disagreement

  • RealLIST Connectors 2021: Meet 20 people changing Philadelphia’s innovation ecosystem for good

  • Why Code for Philly and 6 other brigades just got $1M from the Knight Foundation

  • How I Got Here: Software developer Mike Lamb went from ‘getting well under the El’ to pitching corporate execs

  • Code For Philly’s fellows built these 3 civic tech projects with newly gained skills

  • Hacking naloxone: These graphs show effectiveness in saving PA lives from opioid overdoses

  • RealLIST Engineers 2020: Meet 21 influential technologists building a better Philadelphia

  • The Code for Philly-born PHLASK app will show you where to find free drinking water

  • Philadelphia: These are your 30 Technical.ly Awards nominees for 2020

  • Code for Philly’s new technical fellowship offers paid skills development and mentorship

  • Pause, pivot, grow: How 13 tech meetups adapted amid COVID-19

  • Join these Philly tech groups at Super Meetup 2020 this Thursday

  • Volunteer data scrapers helped Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity preserve client court records

  • How this data cleaning project helps PAWS’ furry friends

  • Penn Medicine released a digital tool to help hospitals with COVID-19 capacity planning

  • Former Code for Philly leader Charlie Costanzo is running for Code for America’s National Advisory Council

  • Power Moves: Why Heather Qader left La Colombe to become ‘your external chief relationship officer’

  • Philadelphia: Here are your nominees for the 2019 Technical.ly Awards

  • 8 social good projects from Code for Philly’s monthlong ‘Phundamentals’ hackathon

  • These 7 Code for Philly projects are using tech for collective empowerment

  • Code for Philly’s monthlong, civic engagement-focused hackathon returns this September

  • Data Jawn speakers will look at city budget, opioid crisis through the lens of data

  • Why this Code for Philly hackathon is laser-focused on North Philly

  • Meet the 5 projects from Code for Philly’s Civic Engagement Launchpad

  • Watch this live graph of Philly voter turnout (plus 5 other Election Day tools)

  • Don’t know code? Don’t be fazed. Code for Philly needs you

  • Code for Philly’s Civic Engagement Launchpad kicks off Saturday. It’s more than a hackathon

  • Why Code for Philly’s leadership team is stepping down

  • Alfano, McDougall win seats on Code for America National Advisory Council

  • Two Philly candidates are vying for Code for America’s National Advisory Council. You know what to do

  • Read this rundown of Philly’s civic-tech all-stars

  • Code for America’s time is now

  • Can the top prize at this Delaware coding competition come home to Philly?

  • Head to Philly for Code for America’s mega-gathering of civic technologists

  • Code for freedom at the upcoming Reentry Project hackathon

  • You don’t know Yuriy

  • Whoa: Code for America is launching a national Brigade Congress in Philadelphia

  • Philly scientists, devs and tech companies lend a hand to Hurricane Harvey victims

  • 3 people you’ll meet at the machineQ hackathon

  • ‘Everything in civic tech is an entry point’: On the beauty of hackathons

  • Philly tech vs. the Democratic machine

  • Next month: Hack IoT hardware with Comcast at the machineQ Smart City Hackathon

  • These 4 tech platforms might just change Philly for the better

  • Stop planning and get to building! 4 ways to make sure you’re not over-planning your software project

  • Civic hackers created ‘the best online resource’ to understand Philly’s political machinery

  • This is what a monthlong hackathon looks like

  • 7 Philly Slack channels you can join right now

  • 7 inspiring civic hacking projects from Code for Philly’s #CELaunchpad

  • Just getting started in the tech scene? You belong at this weekend’s Code for Philly event

  • How I survived my very first hackathon (and why you can, too)

  • Code for Philly is reinventing the hackathon model

  • How Philly’s Chief Data Officer helped relaunch San Diego’s open data site

  • Now it’s your turn to choose what datasets the city should release

  • 7 Philly tech love stories to make you swoon

  • Here are the winners of the v prestigious, v important NET/WORK Awards

  • Here’s what Philly tech was up to during MLK Day

  • Mayor Pugh looks to Philly for anti-litter inspiration

  • Former mayor Michael Nutter joined the board of Code for America

  • Attention, civic hackers: Code for America-affiliated brigade is launching in Baltimore

  • Why the Zip Code Wilmington and Code for Philly joint meetup was a great idea

  • Zip Code Wilmington and Code for Philly join forces ?

  • 7 Philly-made digital tools you might want to check out before voting

  • These were the 7 projects from Code for Philly’s #CaaSH Demo Night

  • Chris Alfano made it to Code for America’s National Advisory Council. What’s next?

  • Chris Alfano’s impassioned bid for Code for America’s National Advisory Council

  • #CaaSH money: Join Code for Philly’s ‘City as a Service Hackathon’

  • Code for Philly partners with Girl Develop It for Aug. 30 open house

  • Hear from Technical.ly’s Juliana Reyes on this Committee of Seventy podcast

  • Catch this civic tech pitch competition during the DNC

  • Meet these 20+ Philly-area Meetup groups at Super Meetup 2016

  • Local politicians came out for Code for Philly’s DemHack hackathon

  • The Board of Ethics ‘cleaned up’ its data for this weekend’s DemHack hackathon

  • New Jersey civic hackers, rejoice: Code for Trenton is now a thing

  • Meet Code for Philly’s new spokesman

  • This is big: Philadelphia just released property-tax delinquency data

  • 2015 was the year the Philly tech scene organized

  • Follow this Twitter bot to see where the city spends money

  • How these 3 women found their place in the tech scene

  • Here’s where to watch real-time election results tonight, thanks to Code for Philly

  • How James Tyack’s civic app has made SEPTA more accessible

  • Start. Stay. Grow. Summit: Hear how 18 organizations are keeping college grads in Philly

  • Mayoral candidate Jim Kenney is helping out with Code for Philly’s sustainability hackathon

  • CyclePhilly wins Code for America Technology Award

  • Why Philly’s Open Source Mentorship Program is so impressive

  • Happy birthday, N3rd Street!

  • Meet the new leaders of Code for Philly

  • Code for Philly’s trip planner is like Google Maps but better

  • Why it’s more important than ever to hack at Apps for Philly Transportation

  • Philly’s open source mentorship program is back and expanding to 3 cities

  • What we learned about civic hacking at this month’s Delaware Tech Meetup

  • Get your Philly election results from WhoWonPhilly.com

  • Why you might visit this website while drinking at a bar (and why it matters)

  • Can you handle the Philly Startup Crawl? [Events Roundup]

  • Code for Philly built Philly ward leader baseball cards

  • 7 Code for Philly ‘DemHack’ apps that could inspire civic engagement

  • You don’t need to code to be part of Code for Philly

  • This is how Philly tech will influence the mayoral election

  • The 10 biggest trends in Philly tech in 2014

  • Help Code for Philly help the city’s youth

  • Civic hacker Christopher Nies is moving to Seattle to join Amazon [Exit Interview]

  • Civic hackers are giving the Bicycle Coalition a tech upgrade

  • Code for Philly’s 100th Meetup [Events Roundup]

  • Here’s what Philly’s civic hackers are building [Code for Philly Roundup]

  • How Code for Philly is helping this student get her engineering certificate

  • Small biz feeling pinch as Philadelphia ups tax collection efforts [Links]

  • Kick off this art project by talking to strangers [Events Roundup]

  • Here’s a map of Philly’s residential permit parking zones

  • Six projects from #Hack4Access: hackathon on disability, aging issues

  • Drexel’s entrepreneurship school to host TechGirlz summer camp [Links]

  • How an attorney with little tech background built mobile app CyclePhilly

  • Visualize the Philadelphia School District’s $3.1B budget with this tool

  • 1500+ trips recorded: see bike route maps from CyclePhilly so far

  • Why this hackathon project is still growing 18 months later

  • CyclePhilly hopes to record biking patterns to help plan bike lanes

  • Who built OpenAccessPHL’s new website

  • Web app to visualize risks of fire station ‘brown outs’: Code for Philly projects

  • Unlock Philly: use this app to find wheelchair-accessible SEPTA stations

  • Should Pa. adopt an open data policy? Ask gubernatorial candidates

  • Gentrifying Philly: This map shows neighborhoods undergoing change