Django Nudge (django-nudge)

Django Nudge (nudge) is an open source Django application written by developers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Nudge is designed to be the Django equivalent to Ramp for WordPress.

In a nutshell, Nudge allows content creators to develop their content on a staging server. When the content is ready to go to production, Nudge provides an admin interface for selecting only the pieces of content that should be pushed to production. Nudge allows fine-grained control of which content to push because not all content needs to go live at the same time.

Considering how often Django is used in media companies, I was surprised that I could not find another project that was equivalent to Nudge. It's completely possible that this type of app has already been written but never open sourced.

Which brings me to another point: it's great to see the government open source useful projects. When developers are thinking "hey this code will actually see the light of day" there is a lot of motivation to get it done right. Too often when I've consulted for other government agencies so many corners are cut partially because developers know that their project will never go to production or be open sourced.

It's also great to see the positive press and recognition that CFPB received for being a forward-thinking government agency.

We need more of this great work coming from the government. Let's hope other agencies take note.