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tayo42yesterday at 9:01 PM6 repliesview on HN

You've really seen a web software product die because of performance issues?


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Plasmoidyesterday at 10:35 PM

Healthcare.gov was a national scandal due to poor performance related to bad requirements gathering.

nuneztoday at 3:58 AM

The $32M Hertz scandal

The $480M bug that killed a trading company in 12 secs

Challenger

Probably a bunch of stories from healthcare

prmoustacheyesterday at 11:11 PM

Web software I don't know but there are many "modern software" that were meant to replace COBOL code running on AS400 that ended up never making it to production because they were running so badly and projects ended up being money pits.

saulpwyesterday at 9:32 PM

Friendster

crazysimyesterday at 9:41 PM

Wave waves at you from the grave.

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sscaryterryyesterday at 9:09 PM

Yes, it is hardly ever the web-side of it though.