[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

No he doesn’t, he claims that they’re available now which they’re not.

That is a simple fact.


If you want to side with him and his delusions, have at it.

Listen, it’s just the implementation that takes time. The technology is there already.

And while we work out how to implement, the grace period can be extended. It’s not rocket science.

You are the one who is delusional. You don’t have the capacity to understand that problems can be resolved. You just throw up your hands and give up.

What I have been putting forward is the government’s own solution. No government would come up with a solution that is pure science fiction.

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

If I wanted other people's opinions I wouldn't bother talking to you, I asked you a simple question that you've refused to answer, why is that I wonder.

I have answered your questions. You just don’t understand the answers. My solution to that - watch and learn. It will all come to pass.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

An API can be as simple, complex, or extremely complex - it doesn’t just connect systems, it can also be required to extract data (which could be hundreds or thousands of data fields, often with interdependencies) from a system (or multiple systems), validate that data (is it in the format required for the other system(s)), convert if required to the format(s) required by the other systems (and vice-versa), and then make sure the data integrity across multiple systems is maintained. At the same time, you have to ensure that any changes in the multiple issuing/receiving systems is under strict Change Control, as a minor change to a file or data format could cause major issues. Then you have to design the error-handling for all times that data is incorrect (after all the Business Analysis required to understand interdependencies between all the data fields, finding what can still be processed if data validation raises errors) and the resolution paths to fix and resume the data Extraction, Translate, & Loads between all the different systems. Are all the systems capable of real-time integration, or do some have to be batch processes, and if so, what is the periodicity of the batch runs, and how do you ensure data integrity between the feeds to/from batch systems and those with real-time updates?

Now multiply that by all the different systems used in different countries.

Can I ask what your experience in Systems Design, Systems Integration, or Technical Architecture is, please, which gives you the knowledge, experience, and background to summarily dismissed the complexity and duration of the work involved?

Hugh, don’t be ridiculous. I did not say it was easy, I said the technology was there, which it is.

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

I don’t know what you’re clapping for. New Zealand has already implemented a technological solution. Hugh has not claimed, as you have, that the technology isn’t there. He merely said it would take time, which is not disputed. Your argument has come undone.