[sten]

if you’re approaching a critical deadline... and the system is pure failure... adding more people can work. I say this with decades of experience

the trick is to identify and remove the failing pieces as you add new ones thru a strict filter to insure capability

I’ve been brought into many projects and turned certain failure into stunning success in short order.

[Billthedrill]

Think of what they're having to model, though. We're blaming the programming (quite justifiably - nothing like that should ever break under first load) but in fact if you're trying to model the mess that is 0bamacare with all of its contradictions and exemptions, you've got your hands full before you ever write the first line of code. I wish the techies luck but I'm sure glad the thing didn't get dumped into my lap.

It could get interesting, though. What actually is happening is that programmers are going to have to rewrite legislation, or pick which pieces will be acted on and which, ignored. That's not exactly how government is supposed to work around here...