CNN: Sanders campaign pushed the Iowa Democratic Party to use newer technology after 2016.

[RandySF]

Just now reported in conversation with the reporter.

[Hekate]

1. Oh brother

[dalton99a]

2. Because the bros can't wipe their ass without an app

[Tiggeroshii]

3. That doesnt mean dont properly train your workers on this technology

And send them in ill prepared while acting surprised that it doesnt go well after several reports have warned this technology will cause issues on caucus day.

[RandySF]

4. All the training in the world means nothing with a shitty app.

[Scotch-Irish]

8. Exactly. This is not Bernie's fault. He didn't buy the app.

He didn't install it.

[herding cats]

5. Umm, yeah.

Maybe think this stuff through? Do some follow up? If it's your hill to die on, be involved in the process? Is that too much to ask?

[Kentonio]

7. Or maybe expect that a state party should be capable of running a basic app without fucking it up?

It’s an app to submit some simple numbers and have them tallied. There are only 1200 or so precincts. How hard do you really have to work to manage to mess that up? I know college students who could have written a working app for that on their lunch break.

[herding cats]

9. "I know college students who could have written a working app for that on their lunch break."

Sure you do. You have no concept of security, or safe delivery.

It's a much more complex process than you seem to think. They paid 50k (reported) for this app. That's literally chump change. Nothing near the level of what this was worth.

They went cheap and paid the price. It broke.

I'll bet you the same company could have done 100 times better for just twice the money. It's about hours and personnel. Time costs money and people need paid for their work.

But, you would know that, right?

[Kentonio]

11. Given that I work in dev for a global software company, yes I know a lot of things about software.

The line about a student on their lunchbreak was unsurprisingly hyperbole. But the point remains that the basic functionality required for entering and processing such a vanishingly small amount of raw data is incredibly simplistic.

It appears from early reports that part of the issue was delivery rather than functionality, with users (many of whom aren't tech savvy) having to manually install apks onto Android phones, which is ridiculous to start with. The talk about app crashes could be related to that rather than actual functionality software failure, as I'm damned if I see how they could have fucked up that side unless the devs were completely incompetent.

Was it just the low development money? Perhaps, although having trained staff go out and help with installation and basic user training would probably have avoided all this nonsense. I'm not sure spending more on the app itself would have done that much, if the people required to use it didn't know what they were doing.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

6. GIGO

[NCProgressive]

10. This is the shit they push for to get their way and when it doesn't work

the whining and angry attacks start.