Opinion: It was incompetence, not politics, that led to the Iowa caucus app misfiring. Above all, it was poor programming. Open-source software techniques could have prevented this blunder. . When the Iowa Democratic Caucus results were delayed by an application foul-up Bernie Sanders supporters were outraged at a stolen victory. Now, as the results trickle in, and Sanders' results turned out OK , they've quieted down. But the fact remains that the application not only fouled up caucus results reporting, but it also made people even less trusting of the election process. Most of the Iowa caucus post-mortem has focused onShadow, the company behind the app, and its parent organization, Acronym . The root problem wasn't with the groups behind the misfiring application, IowaReporterApp; it was with a fundamentally flawed software development process. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . Discover the Iowa caucus app failure due to poor coding and how open source practices might have enhanced its reliability.. Iowa Caucus App, Open Source Solutions, Programming Practices, Software Accountability. . Brittany Day
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