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You've really seen a web software product die because of performance issues?

by tayo42 2mo ago

sscaryterry 2mo ago
Yes, it is hardly ever the web-side of it though.
- rockemsockem 2mo ago
  By "web-side" you mean the client side I assume?
  - sscaryterry 2mo ago
    Not at all. It is usually the database :)
    - rockemsockem 2mo ago
      Yeah, that's what I figured you meant. It absolutely is usually the database, guess you're also saying it's not the server-side either lol
crazysim 2mo ago
Wave waves at you from the grave.
- shric 2mo ago
  Did Wave have performance issues? I thought it was amazing, they just killed it because it didn’t have enough adoption
saulpw 2mo ago
Friendster
Plasmoid 2mo ago
Healthcare.gov was a national scandal due to poor performance related to bad requirements gathering.
- cben 2mo ago
  I'm not american, and didn't follow that one deeply, but presumably that's not just "due to bad req. gathering", it's also due to the structure of gov procurement? E.g. it wasn't the pained users who approve the payment to the contractors, right? You could counter "if only performance was legally included in the contracts, a better site would be delivered." Maybe, but my point is there is big difference between internal "req. gathering" that informs work while everyone is long-term motivated for good user experience anyway, vs. external contract/deadline gathering for almost adversarial "deliver worst thing that passes and walk away" settings. Brushing both under same wording feels insufficient to me.
prmoustache 2mo ago
Web software I don't know but there are many "modern software" that were meant to replace COBOL code running on AS400 that ended up never making it to production because they were running so badly and projects ended up being money pits.
nunez 2mo ago
The $32M Hertz scandal The $480M bug that killed a trading company in 12 secs Challenger Probably a bunch of stories from healthcare
- MomsAVoxell 2mo ago
  No. Software failure was not a factor in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- KptMarchewa 2mo ago
  >The $480M bug that killed a trading company in 12 secs It was a flag reuse issue. Nothing related to "performance"

You've really seen a web software product die because of performance issues?

by tayo42 2mo ago

You've really seen a web software product die because of performance issues?

sscaryterry 2mo ago

Yes, it is hardly ever the web-side of it though.

rockemsockem 2mo ago
By "web-side" you mean the client side I assume?
- sscaryterry 2mo ago
  Not at all. It is usually the database :)
  - rockemsockem 2mo ago
    Yeah, that's what I figured you meant. It absolutely is usually the database, guess you're also saying it's not the server-side either lol

crazysim 2mo ago

Wave waves at you from the grave.

shric 2mo ago
Did Wave have performance issues? I thought it was amazing, they just killed it because it didn’t have enough adoption

saulpw 2mo ago

Friendster

Plasmoid 2mo ago

Healthcare.gov was a national scandal due to poor performance related to bad requirements gathering.

cben 2mo ago
I'm not american, and didn't follow that one deeply, but presumably that's not just "due to bad req. gathering", it's also due to the structure of gov procurement? E.g. it wasn't the pained users who approve the payment to the contractors, right? You could counter "if only performance was legally included in the contracts, a better site would be delivered." Maybe, but my point is there is big difference between internal "req. gathering" that informs work while everyone is long-term motivated for good user experience anyway, vs. external contract/deadline gathering for almost adversarial "deliver worst thing that passes and walk away" settings. Brushing both under same wording feels insufficient to me.

prmoustache 2mo ago

Web software I don't know but there are many "modern software" that were meant to replace COBOL code running on AS400 that ended up never making it to production because they were running so badly and projects ended up being money pits.

nunez 2mo ago

The $32M Hertz scandal The $480M bug that killed a trading company in 12 secs Challenger Probably a bunch of stories from healthcare

MomsAVoxell 2mo ago
No. Software failure was not a factor in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
KptMarchewa 2mo ago
>The $480M bug that killed a trading company in 12 secs It was a flag reuse issue. Nothing related to "performance"