csm10495Jul 9, 2023

Part of the Social Security website (ssa.gov) only works during certain hours

https://sh.itjust.works/post/881336

Part of the Social Security website (ssa.gov) only works during certain hours - sh.itjust.works

… its a website run by the US Government. Why does it have such large downtimes in this day and age?

Show threaddontcarebear Jul 9, 2023
Peak governmental inefficiency.
Show threadirkliJul 9, 2023
No, extreme budget cuts and operational undermining by lobbyist driven right wing politicians who are quite literally trying to take it down.
Show threaddx1Jul 9, 2023
Why would that affect the operation of a website
Show threadqfe0

Archaic hardware and software requiring downtime on the backend to do standard maintenance like backups, software changes, changing vacuums tubes, pulling moths out of relays.

As opposed to modern hardware and software architectures that allow for standard maintenance without downtime.

Jul 9, 2023 at 6:30amWeb