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You think our government websites aren’t already messed up? Look at the ACA site for example. There are plenty of websites that suffer from mundane reliability
by mattnewton 9y ago
You think our government websites aren’t already messed up? Look at the ACA site for example. There are plenty of websites that suffer from mundane reliability and maintenance problems.
18F was a crucial step in modernizing our infrastructure and attracting people to work for their government who would normally never touch this Byzantine nonsense with a 10 foot pole.
God bless the people still in the government fighting for good tech.
- clintonb 9y agoAre you referring to the initial ACA website? The USDS and 18F came about as a result of resolving that particular debacle.
- mattnewton 9y agoYes exactly, bringing expertise in house was supposed to solve things like that, and AFAICT it helped.
- geekamongus 9y agoThis is exactly what the article talks about, but I don't think you guys read it.
- mattnewton 9y agoThe article talks about how new people aren’t being recruited in the new administration. 18F under Obama was a major recruitment effort for quality talent.
- chrisfosterelli 9y agoYeah it's easy to worry about potential "left-pad" issues blocking deployments once every however-so-many-years but ignore how many government websites currently close for several hours each day as "maintenance".