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I'm picturing the Dos Equis meme saying "I don't always test, but when I do, I test in production. Stay on call, my friends." At least now I don't feel bad ab
by skrowl 7y ago
I'm picturing the Dos Equis meme saying "I don't always test, but when I do, I test in production. Stay on call, my friends."
At least now I don't feel bad about when I test in production. (just kidding, I didn't feel bad before).
- jpindar 7y agoThe app was sent out through the free version of a beta testing platform. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122737/iowa-democractic-caucus-voting-app-android-testfairy-screenshots-app-store https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122737/iowa-democractic-...
- xhedley 7y agoThe Verge report says that the Android version was distributed using TestFairy beta testing free version, and that this is limited to 200 users. Assume 25% of the 1600 sites used Android and half of the users would be rejected. But looking at the TestFairy pricing page, the free version is actually limited to 200 sessions per month. I would read this as every time a user logs on - definitely not going to work for 400 users logging on multiple times in one night. The company who produced this app didn't just fail on development but on any procurement/contractual sense. How could they have imagined that relying on a free tier of a beta testing platform could be acceptable in a real life production environment?
- gruez 7y agoWhy? Ponying up $100 for a developer certificate is too much?
- asdff 7y agoIt is when you workhorse dev is an intern I guess...
- spike021 7y agoOne time I was working on a Splunk thing at an old job. We had an engineering contact there, and when a question came up about how something in Splunk was tested, the guy literally just replied back to our email with that meme and no other details. Yikes?
- inkeddeveloper 7y agoAt least you're honest.