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There was a quote from one of the insiders[1] which said there was a team of 8 developers, 2 knew what they were doing, a couple more were competent, and the ot
by rwmj 3y ago
There was a quote from one of the insiders[1] which said there was a team of 8 developers, 2 knew what they were doing, a couple more were competent, and the other 4 were incompetent (on the Joel scale, in the idiot + gets things done quadrant). I can imagine that trying to write a reliable product in that environment was difficult to say the least.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/09/how-the-post-offices-horizon-system-failed-a-technical-breakdown https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/09/how-the-post...