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> I dug in and changed 1 byte of code (1 byte, not 1 line). The next day, our bank account had $6.5 million more in it. That's just gangsta. Can you expand on
by danilocampos 16y ago
> I dug in and changed 1 byte of code (1 byte, not 1 line). The next day, our bank account had $6.5 million more in it.
That's just gangsta. Can you expand on that last story? I can't wrap my head around such a simple problem costing so much.
- edw519 16y agoHCFA issued a bulletin (as it often does) about its upcoming file layout changes but no one bothered to read it. They changed one line code from "SA" to "SK" or something like that. The change took effect, but since no one applied the mod, the money stopped. Three months later, I was brought in to fix it. I just read the bulletin, changed the hard code, and promoted it. I still can't believe they were that incompetent (and one of the many reasons I'll have nothing to do with health care any more.)