Tag: Amazon web services
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Invest in innovation, not exploitation
America is a supposedly country that rewards innovation. The trouble is, a lot of this innovation is really exploitation. I looked into this briefly a few posts back when I looked at Lyft and Uber’s “innovation”. The only really innovative part about these ride services is their app. They’re both cheaper and generally faster than…
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How healthcare.gov failed: the programmatic aspects
(Also read parts 1, 3 and 4.) I am getting some feedback: healthcare.gov isn’t really a failure. People are using the website to get health insurance, albeit not without considerable hassle at times. I’ll grant you that. I’ll also grant you that this was a heck of a technical challenge, the sort I would have gladly taken…
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Healthcare.gov and the problems with interactive federal websites
Today’s Washington Post highlights problems with the new healthcare.gov site, the website used by citizens to get insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The article also talks about the problems the federal government is having in general managing information technology (IT). As someone who just happens to manage such a site for the government, I…
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