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Legacy code? It can't be very surprising that entities, especially the government, aren't quick to refactor old, "just works" code.

• malux85 10y ago
  This is exactly it. From what I have found, these places either have 1) No programming resource internally. 2) Some programming resource internally, but they're so swamped with other, poorly managed timeframes and projects, there's no extra resources. So Light to Medium sized projects get outsourced - but if the delivered product "works" (at least visually) then who is going to QA the code? In fact, go one step back -- who is even going to think that the code needs to be checked? The management who chose the vendor? Hell no, that would look bad for them. The programmers who are swamped on other projects? Hell no, they're so busy they dont even want to talk to you. So management takes one glance at it, see's that it works, and it gets thrown into production. The first time it's security is tested, is when the international hackers come knocking... I'm not defending these actions in any way - I think it's a goddamn joke - but this is the reality