6/ Over the years this creates a fragile, incomprehensible mess that nobody wants to touch.
Resulting in a slow, outdated, painful digital service for citizens.
What’s your experience with government software? Have you seen this cycle play out?
End thread.
1/ Government software doesn’t suck because of incompetence. It sucks because of the incentive structure.
I was speaking to one of our developers with deep experience in government tenders across multiple countries. Here’s how he explained it:
5/ So you end up with layers upon layers of code written by teams who were never invested in the long-term outcome.
Each new team inherits problems they barely understand, adds their own layer and leaves.
@SamwiseDidier Thank you for everything you've done. Your art inspired me to get into art school as a teenager - which ultimately has had a massive impact on my life. All because of a few sketches you did.
You'll always be my favorite Son of the Storm.
Hot take: #diversity and #inclusion have become trigger words for a large portion of the population.
Probably because they often signal the opposite meaning when said by #HumanResources or #PublicRelations teams.
@PlayOverwatch This is a game about a bunch of lunatics endlessly murdering each other with rockets and axes... and you are marketing this with a message of hope? Like your game is the solution to the words problems or something? Cringe lol #Overwatch2
What happens if an area in Russia held a referendum to leave Russia to dodge the mobilization draft? You could easily get 50% for votes! It's not like Russia could do anything to stop that referendum at this point. #Kremlin#mobilization#UkraineRussianWar
The best AI read text generally sounds fake, because it does not demonstrate intent with the read text. Which is something humans do in every instance of communication. Once we teach AI to demonstrate//understand intent, we are in interesting territory. #ArtificialIntelligence
@villigm@KreeteMiaMi@boltapp See on põhjendus, aga mitte lahendus. Kasutaja kogemusena endiselt kohutav. Nii suure tehnoloogia ettevõttena võiks targema loogikaga osata juba lagedale tulla, mis ei põhjustaks igalt tellimusel topelt valetamist kliendile. Appis tagasiside andmine ka puudulik.
A great lead, evil villain, captivating drama, snappy dialogue, great cameos, meme worthy moments and ultimately a happy ending. The Johnny Depp trial show truly had it all. #JohnnyDeppVsAmberHeard
All google services are laggy/down/non-responsive for me and many of my colleagues across Estonia. Second day already. Anybody know what's happening? #estonia#googledown@Google
@graywinpat It starts with one hand, then another. Add in some winks and head bobbing and you have a spontaneous dance thing going on. Might as well start singing at that point to keep it interesting.
I for one can't wait to play "Bogdan the Ukrainian Defender" in a new Battlefield or Call of Duty game. With microtransactions that donate to actually rebuild Ukraine + Historically accurate Zombie mode included in DLC! #CallofDutyWarzone#Battlefield2042#Ukraine