Singapore Government Tech Stack

United857 wrote: post #3

dazsnow wrote: post #2

Singapore's GovTech does amazing work.

Even their prime minister can code in C/C++: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/prime...

He was the Wrangler at the Univ of Cambridge (best Undergrad in Math).

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

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Post by pjmlp » Sat, May 07, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

robertlagrant wrote: post #4

I was really worried when I saw APEX. I thought it was that crappy Oracle app-in-plsql nonsense. Thankfully not! This all looks pretty cool!

That nonsense powers lot of companies where dbas can quickly ramp-up applications, in the same vein as VB and macros filled Excel documents.

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

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Post by javajosh » Sat, May 07, 2022, 4:21 PM UTC

This looks impressive, and something we (America) should copy.

Man, I can't help wishing that if we had to have a dictator why couldn't it be someone (mostly) reasonable like Lee Kwan Yew.

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

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Post by vira28 » Sat, May 07, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

Is there something similar to US Government.

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

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Post by random314 » Sat, May 07, 2022, 4:27 PM UTC

afr0ck wrote: post #5

United857 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even their prime minister can code in C/C++: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/prime...

He was the Wrangler at the Univ of Cambridge (best Undergrad in Math).

And it's no mean achievement. Here is the list of Senior wranglers on wikipedia. Check out his peers to see what mathematics possibly missed out on

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Wrangler

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Post by brassattax » Sat, May 07, 2022, 4:27 PM UTC

robertlagrant wrote: post #4

I was really worried when I saw APEX. I thought it was that crappy Oracle app-in-plsql nonsense. Thankfully not! This all looks pretty cool!

I thought it was going to be built on Salesforce