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Re:IRS’ 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New H... by justinator on Monday April 30, 2018 @07:49PM (#16963533)
Oh yes, 1000x maintainable with 1000x more lines in the codebase.

Speak softly into my ear, these little lies you like to tell me.

Re:IRS’ 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New H... by chiph on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:10PM (#16963649)
Make sure you're including all the lines, including those in libraries/frameworks you reference. Because they all count towards your MTBF.
Re:IRS’ 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New H... by samlents on Monday April 30, 2018 @08:09PM (#16963647)
Having not worked on large scale systems like what I imagine they must be working with, is this really true? I would have thought that a modern framework would make things easier. I've certainly had life made easier by modern web frameworks like React and Angular, although the support timeline is more on the order of 2-3 years, rather than 20-30.
Re:IRS’ 60-Year-Old IT System Failed on Tax Day Due to New H... by dx034 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:23AM (#16966814)
Not sure, what if you have an enterprise system that uses a few hundred docker containers and at some point in 10-20 years there's a major vulnerability that can only be fixed by breaking compatibility for one function? Securing that system could be significantly harder than fixing a monolithic system.