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Healthcare.gov - still not scaling

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Post by amish » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 10:03 PM UTC

Why haven't they been able to scale this thing so users can sign up? Was Ruby the right choice here?

Re: Healthcare.gov - still not scaling

Post by aespinoza » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 10:04 PM UTC

I don't think the problem is Ruby. Scalability involves a whole lot of other factors.