should start small, like an open source Google, then work your way up to an open source Amazon.

I can't be certain, but I suspect the real problem was that the original contract was signed without requiring the technical data rights and/or delivery of the technical data. This is a common mistake made by the DoD, and can lead to extraordinarily high costs later.

Just look at the notice: "The deliverables will include all technical data related to the heat exchanger disassembly, all technical data related to the cores, all technical data related to the stack up, vacuum brazing, and installation of the cores on existing units. The deliverables will also include all technical data related to the tooling needed..." It's clear they don't have the technical data.

Here's how this can happen: the government asks for proposals, and the prospective contractors say "we'll create it for you for cheaper if you don't require the technical data & its related rights". The government program manager (PM) is under a lot of pressure to "get it cheaper", and this is cheaper in the short term, so the government PM agrees. The PM will be around for a few years, then leave. Later on, the contractor is the only one who can make the parts (because they're the only ones with the technical data & the technical data rights to do it). The government procurement system is all about competition, but now there is no possibility for real competition. Thus, the parts will cost 10x or more, and the government PM who approved this is long gone (probably with a promotion), and the contractor is happy with incredibly large profit margins.

I don't know if that's what happened in this case. But it's very very possible.

I really don't mean to be rude, but I'm struggling to understand what I'm looking at and how it got near the top of HN.

It looks like a very basic stub project that uses a web library (vweb) to serve a very basic web site that's interpreted from a json file, with a stub for some sort of email subscription functionality.

The vweb library seems like it's not the point of this post…

The unfinished email feature couldn't be it…

No problem with someone posting an "I did a thing" post, but, again, A) what is the thing, and B) what's making people upvote this?

Have I just been misunderstanding how things get on the "front page" of HN all these years?

So China is right, there is no other way to maintain social stability other than to control speech.

This action is YouTube pushing back against government misinformation! Why would you think it's a sign that they're more likely to push government misinformation in the future?