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Please just use an off the shelf system even if you disable a large part of it like with phpBB. It sounds simple to reimplement, but you don't consider all the
by koala_man 8y ago
Please just use an off the shelf system even if you disable a large part of it like with phpBB.
It sounds simple to reimplement, but you don't consider all the inevitable extras like user management, formatting, drafts, image uploads, notifications, backup/restore, etc, etc.
Don't get stuck on an inferior solution because you didn't want 3MB of unused code on your disk.
- avmich 8y agoI'd recommend the opposite. Start with small system even if it doesn't implement what you need; complex system with unnecessary bells and whistles will at least take efforts to learn to configure (disable) properly.
- koala_man 8y agoWhy though? Reduced attack surface? Few care that Excel/GSheets/OCalc are huge beasts with tons of functionality that the typical user won't need. It's easier just to give people a powerful and well known product than to try to find something that doesn't do more than strictly required.