Excellent bit of pragmatism and as a user of this service I’m happy with the trade off.
People wondering why it’s not a simple switch and “there must be something else going on here” have clearly never worked with layers of legacy systems where the data actually matters. Sure it’s fixable and it’s a shame it hasn’t been but don’t assume there aren’t very good reasons why it’s not a quick fix.
The gov.uk team have moved mountains over the past decade, members of it have earned the right to be believed when they say “it’s not simple”.
People wondering why it’s not a simple switch and “there must be something else going on here” have clearly never worked with layers of legacy systems where the data actually matters. Sure it’s fixable and it’s a shame it hasn’t been but don’t assume there aren’t very good reasons why it’s not a quick fix.
The gov.uk team have moved mountains over the past decade, members of it have earned the right to be believed when they say “it’s not simple”.