<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Sheer <i>Size</i> Of&nbsp;Healthcare.gov]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>In October, the NYT <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/us/insurance-site-seen-needing-weeks-to-fix.html?_r=1&amp;">reported</a> that the ACA site has around 500 million lines of code. David Auerbach <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2013/10/healthcare_gov_problems_what_5_million_lines_of_code_really_means.html">took issue</a> with the number, noting that he&#8217;s &#8220;seen nearly identical segments of code written in 10 lines or in 50.&#8221; Regardless, Healthcare.gov is a massive undertaking. If you want to envision just how massive, take a look at <a href="http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/million-lines-of-code/">this eye-popping chart</a>, which puts the alleged 500 million lines of code in context.</p>
<p>And the Obamaites thought this didn&#8217;t need constant, early and repeated testing? Are they on another planet or another solar system?</p>
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