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I liked this post but am not quite sure where to start in applying this to software development. I created a follow-up "Ask HN: What are the stupid things Rails
by geekfactor 15y ago
I liked this post but am not quite sure where to start in applying this to software development. I created a follow-up "Ask HN: What are the stupid things Rails developers do?" here:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2848169 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2848169
- jinfiesto 15y agoI'm not much of a rails developer. I refrained from describing what constitutes "stupid" software development since everyone's heard best practices lectures...
- greenyoda 15y agoIf you want lots of examples of really stupid shit that software developers (and other IT people) do, go read The Daily WTF (http://thedailywtf.com http://thedailywtf.com).
- pavel_lishin 15y agoOr get a job at any software shop that does a lot of work with abandoned projects (e.g., "Help, my previous developer left me in a lurch, can you finish up this PHP e-commerce store customer management system database driven enterprise solution?")