Brian Kohan

Brian Kohan

On software, governance, nonprofits, building things and trying to live a good life.

get-connected-client

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Brian Kohan
Software
cli open source python volunteer
This is an API client and associated CLI generated from the API spec for Galaxy Digital’s Get Connected volunteer management software. We use it at the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition to automate some of our volunteer management workflows. README CONTRIBUTING SECURITY LICENSE README README …

ghr-pypi

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Brian Kohan
Software
pypi python packaging devops
I constantly run into use cases for python package distribution outside of the public pypi index. For packages developed on GitHub or GitHub Enterprise instances being able to distribute the package using a pypi compatible index directly from the GitHub release artifacts makes a lot of sense. GitHub …
Los Angeles County Election Tracker

Los Angeles County Election Tracker

Brian Kohan
Tools
politics Los Angeles government
This tool is an interactive viewer that allows users to see the statistical shape of each individual update from the LA County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk as they count ballots. I will run this tool for every election that happens in LA County from now on. I have some historical data, but after …
I was hacked by my editor

I was hacked by my editor

Brian Kohan
Articles
software ai security technology
Last August, 2025 I had the privilege of being hit by the first known supply chain attack in history to leverage a local AI agent on the systems it compromised. All I had to do to be hit by this attack was restart my VS Code editor within a 5 hour window. There are a few decent write ups of this …
Marlo: 2011 - 01/16/2026

Marlo: 2011 - 01/16/2026

Brian Kohan
Articles
fatherhood
Marlo was probably born in Yolo County California sometime in early 2011. Little is known about his first year of life or what led him to be found in a field outside of Sacramento, riddled with worms and in very ill health. He had been neutered so someone likely knew him by another name. The …
Yes on 50

Yes on 50

Brian Kohan
Articles
politics california endorsement
Election: Special, November 4th, 2025 Jurisdiction: California Endorsement: Yes on Proposition 50 This is a sad vote for me but not a tough one. Some friends and family I deeply respect disagree with me and since it does not seem like a great idea to do something facially anti-democratic when we’re …
Good Dads

Good Dads

Brian Kohan
Articles
fatherhood
I remember less and less from my childhood as I get older. It’s not like those memories have vanished, I just have to root around for them a bit longer and when I find them they’re a bit hazier. My formative memories are still crisp as day, though, and on this father’s day I’m thinking about one in …
A Moral Moment

A Moral Moment

Brian Kohan
Articles
politics ethics strategy
The sirens have barely let up in the last 5 days. We hear them race passed Dodger Stadium on their way to downtown only a few miles away. On Friday, the first of the ICE raids started in the garment district. They rounded up people at work, splintering families and terrorizing a community. Los …

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