New Features Bug Fixes Performance Improvements Accessibility
Contributors:David Botos, Head of Engineering – Connect 211Greg Bloom, Director – Open Referral The potential benefits of merging and collaborating on resource directory datasets are numerous, including better service coverage, improved analytics, reduced maintenance costs, crowdsourced quality, and more. In order to make that possible, we need low effort methods for two things: This article…
We are on a mission to provide make 211s the cool kid on the block with amazing technology solutions that also generate revenue for you. We could never do this without voracious feedback from our stakeholders. This is a chance for us to share what’s new and exciting, and also gather feedback from you about…
We are long overdue for an update. The full version will come shortly; we have been working overtime to release some significant updates and onboard exciting new clients. However, there is something that a few of our clients have noticed, and I want to talk about it now. Our search engine is deep linked, meaning…
Following are a couple thoughts on potential updates for location, physical_address, and postal_address in HSDS. I’ve been transforming AUW211’s data into HSDS using DBT, and the aspect of having two address tables that are separate from the location table introduces complexity that I’m not sure is worth it. I’m usually in favor of normalization, but…
It’s been a few months since we posted an update. 2 out of 4 of our team members (including yours truly) were having babies in December, and that kept us plenty occupied outside core operations. All’s well, and our team just increased by 50% thanks to two adorable little additions. Release Notes Chris kept developing…
Technical release notes are listed below. For an expanded rundown of what’s been going on at Connect 211, as well as highlights of our most exciting updates, read Finishing strong! Updates for Q4 2021. BUGS: Back button should link to the most recent view, not to the home view. Investigate possible errors in data during…
This has been an incredible summer. The really big news is that we hired Chris Short as a full time, full-stack engineer starting August. He’s been working solely on the Connect 211 Open Resource Search Engine, and boy has he made progress. You can check out the release notes here, but following are some of…
It’s been a busy Summer 🙂 We’re keeping these release notes fairly technical from now on. If you would like the highlights and newsy version, see here. Features: Add optional distance filter on top of service area. Add session id as a cookie that expires at end of session. Add “required_document” HSDS table data to…
Open Referral just released a blog article highlighting Connect 211’s search engine and how it makes use of the HSDS format for storing resources. The article was a collaboration between Skyler Young, Partner at Connect 211, and Greg Bloom, Director at Open Referral. We are super grateful for the opportunity to work closely with the…