| https://archive.is/Kpitn > But adapting the software to the state’s unique regulatory needs proved challenging A good example that's not taught in CompSci, generic software is an unsolved problem. In a school environment we contracted someone to write room booking software (A while ago, don't need a list of current solutions) That's crazy, in an environment that's extremely similar across the worlds schools and also overlaps with non-school environments. The "unsolved problem" has a lot of elements, bureaucratic, entropy, the value of differences. But one thing we always see in these $100 million case studies is the government workers won't have specced it properly, so blame will fall back. The cost is surprising but accurate much as every noob could "write it in a weekend", the fact it doesn't work is tricky. |