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This quote is telling: > The BBC’s site is made up of several services (such as iPlayer, Sounds, News and Sport). For them all, we need to ensure they use the
by howlgarnish 6y ago
This quote is telling:
> The BBC’s site is made up of several services (such as iPlayer, Sounds, News and Sport). For them all, we need to ensure they use the latest and best technology. That’s the only way to ensure they’re the best at what they do.
"We need to use new shiny because new shiny is the best!"
- qz2 6y agoThey've always been like that. I had the misfortune of having to integrate with some of their stuff they'd thrown on to ruby on rails back when it was teetering on the top of hype mountain. Realistically 99% of their back end at the time was bits of sticky tape, perl and ftp. They just changed those components out for modern versions of sticky tape, perl and ftp...
- iso1631 6y ago"We need to use new shiny because we pay peanuts and if we make people still write in perl like the olden days we wouldn't have any staff"
- Spivak 6y agoI mean at least it's honest. If you can't afford to pay well you can probably attract better-than-you-can-afford talent by giving them creative freedom and letting them resume build a bit.