tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post2761064388857214191..comments2023-11-08T03:43:20.159-05:00Comments on Jerry on Java: Cut the HealthCare.gov people some slackJerry Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855141821400610431noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-30117422082613936882022-03-16T04:40:37.713-04:002022-03-16T04:40:37.713-04:00The gambling industry in the United States, and th...The gambling industry in the United States, and the impact<br />Las Vegas, Nevada: A study by a researcher <a href="https://filmfileeurope.com/%ec%8a%b9%ec%9d%b8%ec%a0%84%ed%99%94%ec%97%86%eb%8a%94-%ed%86%a0%ed%86%a0%ec%82%ac%ec%9d%b4%ed%8a%b8-%eb%b2%b3%ed%94%bc%ec%8a%a4%ed%8a%b8-%eb%86%80%ea%b2%80%ec%86%8c.html" rel="nofollow">안전 공원</a> at the University of California has found that if <a href="https://tricktactoe.com/%ec%b9%b4%ec%a7%80%eb%85%b8-%ea%bd%81%eb%a8%b8%eb%8b%88.html" rel="nofollow">베트맨 토토 넷마블</a> people play <a href="https://tricktactoe.com/%ec%8a%a4%ed%8f%ac%ec%b8%a0-%ed%86%a0%ed%86%a0-%ed%99%95%eb%a5%a0-%eb%b2%b3%ed%94%bc%ec%8a%a4%ed%8a%b8.html" rel="nofollow">슬롯</a> slots <a href="https://tricktactoe.com/%ec%8a%a4%ed%8f%ac%ec%b8%a0%ed%86%a0%ed%86%a0-%ed%95%b8%eb%94%94-%eb%b2%b3%ed%94%bc%ec%8a%a4%ed%8a%b8.html" rel="nofollow">슬롯</a> online, <a href="https://tricktactoe.com/%ed%86%a0%ed%86%a0%ec%82%ac%ec%9d%b4%ed%8a%b8-%ec%8b%9c%ec%8a%a4%ed%85%9c%eb%b0%b0%ed%8c%85-%ec%83%a4%ec%98%a4%eb%af%b8.html" rel="nofollow">다음 드</a> they're probably as likely tokadennpacinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371323439798268519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-935583337457635302022-03-10T23:39:51.564-05:002022-03-10T23:39:51.564-05:00Thank you for this article.. Travelers from Canada...Thank you for this article.. Travelers from Canada who wish to travel the Kenya need to apply for <a href="https://evisakenya.net/kenya-visa-for-canada-citizens/" rel="nofollow">visa for Kenya for Canadian citizens</a> through online e visa portal. That offers the fast and secure visa services. Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315007627186086814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-28807797273674603022013-10-17T11:13:47.551-04:002013-10-17T11:13:47.551-04:00The number I am citing is from http://www.ncsl.org...The number I am citing is from <a href="http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/state-actions-to-implement-the-health-benefit.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/state-actions-to-implement-the-health-benefit.aspx</a> and refers to the grants given to each state to set up exchanges. That is, those numbers represent a lower bound on the total amount of resources available to build exchanges. I don't care if they burned 99% and spent only 1% on actual stuff ... What matters is the total amount of resources that are now not available to do other things.<br /><br />The total amount of Federal grants to states to implement exchanges is somewhere in the neighborhood of $3.5 billion. Note, that is a lower bound on the total cost of implementing all exchanges.<br /><br />Until there is transparency about what the exchanges are doing in the background, I am perfectly willing to take 404s in the front-end as an indicator of what's going on behind the scenes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397041324572423579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-49339715222208555162013-10-17T09:44:22.606-04:002013-10-17T09:44:22.606-04:00Indeed, agreed. I'd just add that
1. Nothin...Indeed, agreed. I'd just add that <br /><br />1. Nothing's been officially disclosed but the problems with the servers reek of denial-of-service attacks. <br /><br />2. Every state has their own insurance companies. Every insurance company probably has their own set of APIs, and many of whom probably exposed for the first time. Mapping hundreds of disparate APIs is a herculean task, comparable to getting all the of exchanges, trade houses, etc... to build current Wall Street stats. There's a reason Bloomberg doesn't have too much competition for their consoles. <br /><br />3. As a developer, so long as your site doesn't spit out white-screen 404 or 500 errors but at least keeps the site up during the initial roll out, I count that as a win.<br /><br />4. It's pretty clear that this is the first time the administration really tackled a large development task. And don't diminish it, this would be a huge product even if handled by Google or Microsoft. I guarantee you that there are administration officials who now know the difference between "unit" and "stress" testing. In retrospect Secretary Kathleen Sebelius really needed a cadre of advisors with good industry experience ca_broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10534619286514828690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-30841312564136459482013-10-17T08:03:32.745-04:002013-10-17T08:03:32.745-04:00I agree, the number of HTTP requests is a problem;...I agree, the number of HTTP requests is a problem; there should be some seriously minifying and combining going on. Hopefully they are at least serving those from a CDN (I read somewhere that the federal site does).<br /><br />However, poor packaging of front-end resources was not the cause of most (if any) of the early problems. Without access to the backend code, we can only guess at what the problems were. Perhaps they really did a terrible job; perhaps my points above explain the problems. My point is that we don't know.<br /><br />Also, most of the cost figures out there are garbage. I don't know anything about the CoveredCA ones, but some of the federal numbers being thrown around were made by combining all contracts to that company, most of which had nothing to do with HealthCare.gov, some going back to 2008.Jerry Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855141821400610431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-80070082359260407912013-10-16T20:10:50.577-04:002013-10-16T20:10:50.577-04:00You forget the sad state of the visible user-end c...You forget the sad state of the visible user-end code and development. The front page makes 60-odd HTTP requests, not including images! What the hell? Did you look at the Javascript code too? The CSS is a nightmare as well.<br /><br />There isn't an excuse for this shoddy work besides an incompetent contractor being far over-paid ($631mil was it?!).Conrad Brinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833921206652244370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-69553284595416181882013-10-16T17:41:46.412-04:002013-10-16T17:41:46.412-04:00I wasn't able to look at healthcare.gov during...I wasn't able to look at <a href="https://www.healthcare.gov/" rel="nofollow">healthcare.gov</a> during the first week of operations, before the upgrades. However, I was able to take a quick look at <a href="https://coveredca.com/" rel="nofollow">coveredca.com</a> the day after its launch. Please take a look at <a href="http://blog.nu42.com/2013/10/about-those-glitches-on-health.html" rel="nofollow">the network activity generated by page views</a>, and tell me if it looks professional. Is there a way to justify serving images and that many JavaScript files from the app server?<br /><br />Is there a way to justify 404s on a production site?<br /><br />CoveredCA received about <a href="http://blog.qtau.com/2013/10/states-awarded-at-least-35-billion-in.html" rel="nofollow">$900,000,000 in grants from the Federal government</a> to build that exchange.<br /><br />The number of hits (in the millions), the number of visits (compounded by people trying and retrying) seriously overestimate the actual number of people who went to those sites. Both numbers are inflated due to the plumbing not being done well.<br /><br />Part of the problem with the plumbing is a design problem: Requiring people to create accounts and validate information before they can do anything useful creates a bottleneck. However, part of the problem, during the launch, was that not everything that could have been done to handle high demand had been done.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397041324572423579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-89852096459100408632013-10-16T14:11:01.020-04:002013-10-16T14:11:01.020-04:00Asking for empathy from autistic nerds is like ask...Asking for empathy from autistic nerds is like asking for rain in a desert.greenlybluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650799716897815432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-45058929314258553672013-10-16T14:01:46.582-04:002013-10-16T14:01:46.582-04:00I dig it. I dig it. Mark P Neyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682378026396276822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-6314563523631768832013-10-16T13:58:23.190-04:002013-10-16T13:58:23.190-04:00Well yeah, that's who I'm talking about: t...Well yeah, that's who I'm talking about: the people who built it. The programmers, sysadms, etc. Not the executives and lawyers who got most of the money.Jerry Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855141821400610431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466545174058573557.post-35650754116620515772013-10-16T13:55:11.600-04:002013-10-16T13:55:11.600-04:00I'd have empathy if they weren't awarded a...I'd have empathy if they weren't awarded a massive federal contract to do this. I feel bad for the programmers who'll get blamed, but not the people making money off of this. Disgusting.Mark P Neyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682378026396276822noreply@blogger.com