This is rsa.ie. The main site works fine, but you have to wait to access the driving test registration portal. Mind you, this is even before you see the login or registration screen. And given Ireland’s small size, there are only about 4000 driving tests per week. That number of users is negligible for a normal scheduling page; it must have taken some serious skill and effort to make it non-performant at this scale.
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westyvw@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Ok I am going to need some context. Is this an internal site? I this a public site? And finally what site?
Bruncvik@lemmy.world 5 months ago
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 5 months ago
www.rsa.ie
It seems to have just been a really weird way to implement an “under maintenance” page, as the site was planned to be offline this morning.
Leeker@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That actually makes the most sense. It makes you queue because there are only so many tests they can administer at a time. So if the website is offline for maintenance it allows those that tried to access the website first to have their spot saved. Rather then forcing everyone to try and get on the website at once when the matinenece window ends. Now I kinda wish more websites that have limited sign ups did this.