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Apptitude

Tech knowledge for decision-makers

Building technical intuition, minus the jargon.

A personal collection of mental models and notes on software in Government, written for the people who decide on tech but don't write the code. Plain-English concepts, plus opinionated playbooks for scoping and strategy.

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Apptitude landing, Building technical intuition

Problem

Teammates never knew where to start learning tech, and the good material was scattered across YouTube, blogs, and courses with no way to browse by level or topic.

How it works

A curated directory organised by competency, Learn How and Think Why, and by audience, Doers and Leaders, with client-side search so anything is a few keystrokes away.

I deliberately skipped a CMS, a database, and Markdown files. The data lives in plain JS objects, which is simpler to update and has no build-step overhead for what is really a curated list.

A look inside

Apptitude knowledge base, concepts explained in plain English

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SvelteKit
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Pocketbase
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