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This got me thinking about the $200,000 "shitty" Android app the government supposedly commissioned. With some slight rephrasing: >> Next time you see a busine
by theoj 15y ago
This got me thinking about the $200,000 "shitty" Android app the government supposedly commissioned. With some slight rephrasing:
>> Next time you see a business build a "cheap & shitty app" and making loads of money - try to see what business is backing it up, and what problem it is solving instead of how bad or good it is technically.
Original article:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3266455 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3266455
A lot of folks were hung up on the fact that they can build it in 6 hours. But can they also test it in 6 hours? Write the requirements for it in 6 hours? Navigate the bureaucracy to get the project approved in 6 hours? That's why gun.io doesn't have government business -- they can't do the business side.
- brildum 15y agoThat IS the problem. They can't do the business side, but they SHOULD be able to do the business side. Government contracts favor large mega-corps rather than small, efficient businesses because of the enormous amount of regulations involved.
- tatsuke95 15y agoFor better or worse, it's easier for a big bureaucracy (the government) to deal with other big bureaucracies (corporations), rather than micromanaging who is building what app for which department. It's not the most efficient, but it might be more efficient than immediate alternatives.