Busiest hour ever in the history of Gov.uk 17M page requests just 21 5xx errors

Re:Busiest hour ever in the history of Gov.uk 17M page reque... by skrebbel on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @08:37AM (#25645327)

The UK government is often quoted as a leading example on how to run digital services well. A fuckup would be a surprise.

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Re:Busiest hour ever in the history of Gov.uk 17M page reque... by iso1210 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @12:20PM (#25647892)

The UK civil service is great - although it strikes me as someone really good was given the power and budget to make it happen.

The UK government however...

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Re:Busiest hour ever in the history of Gov.uk 17M page reque... by gm3dmo on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @05:50PM (#25652330)

You are spot on there. Here is Tom Loosemore (one of the originators of the Government Digital Service) explaining how it came to be:

Unfortunately the spend control that GDS had, has been removed.

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