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In reply to the discussion: Library of Congress blames "coding error" for missing sections of online Constitution [View all]
TomWilm
(1,921 posts)32. This Constitution glitch is hysterically blown out of proportions
Yes, this IS a stupid "coding error". End of story!
Though absolutely worthy of ridiculing the Trump administration for, it is simply pathetic seriously calling this minor error an attempt to change the Constitution. The sloppy coding base is much older than the Trump administrations, and is the real culprit.
According to Google, there have only been a few discussions of the actual coding, none of them really going into the substance. And then there is ONE page actually making sense of this:
Root Cause Analysis: Code Deployment and CMS Misconfiguration
... Preliminary findings suggest a faulty merge in the GitLab-based CI/CD workflow. ...
- A schema change in the PostgreSQL database omitted columns corresponding to certain article sections.
- The GraphQL API layer failed to validate null responses, causing front-end React components to skip rendering the missing keys.
- Lack of automated integration tests for content completeness allowed the error to reach production. ...
... Preliminary findings suggest a faulty merge in the GitLab-based CI/CD workflow. ...
- A schema change in the PostgreSQL database omitted columns corresponding to certain article sections.
- The GraphQL API layer failed to validate null responses, causing front-end React components to skip rendering the missing keys.
- Lack of automated integration tests for content completeness allowed the error to reach production. ...
Software engineer Dr. Emily Zhang (MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative) observed: “This is a classic case of code-centric deployment without sufficient content validation. Critical legal texts demand stricter schema and regression testing.”
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Library of Congress blames "coding error" for missing sections of online Constitution [View all]
pnwmom
Aug 6
OP
I was gonna ask how many times has this error occurred before this adm but I'm guessing, never
Deuxcents
Aug 6
#1
Yep. They wanted to see how quickly people would spot it, and how much they'd object.
highplainsdem
Aug 6
#8
Not a coding error. It's a feature from DOGE allowing remote editing of the Constitution.
Ford_Prefect
Aug 6
#11
Would it make sense for a coding error to happen to a fixed document on a site that hasn't been updated? nt
pnwmom
Aug 6
#18
But why would they need to change any of the code for a document that hasn't changed?
pnwmom
Aug 6
#23
No worries. The current NAZI regime is deleting the entire Constitution as we speak.
AZ8theist
Aug 7
#25
What a load of gobbledy-gook-- just technical nonsense. I can't tell if you are serious or not.
LymphocyteLover
Aug 8
#40