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Google leaves TODO message at the top of basic HTML homepage

62 points by buzzert 5y ago

If you visit the basic HTML version of google.com right now (turn off JavaScript, search for something, return home), there's a TODO at the top of the page: > // TODO(b/219794336): Hide keyboard when opening from Dragonglass homepage Here's a screenshot: https://severnaya.net/google.png https://severnaya.net/google.png

senectus1 5y ago
who or what is Dragonglass?
- ithrow 5y ago
  The material used to kill white walkers.
  - 55555 5y ago
    Obsidian.
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eyelidlessness 5y ago
I can’t repro on iOS, but a google for that specific TODO shows it indexed at google.at and google.co.ve, as well as a variety of other domains with google in the name… unclear which if any are Google owned but the few I tried don’t redirect, that’s a bit surprising.
- dsr3 5y ago
  Who.is search shown that at least google.co.ve is owned by Google https://who.is/whois/google.co.ve https://who.is/whois/google.co.ve
whimsicalism 5y ago
Scratch my previous - I see it.
oh_sigh 5y ago
I wish it was b/7 or something like that, present since 1999
ASinclair 5y ago
Not my code but I sent out a fix.
- buzzert 5y ago
  Nice!
  - triggercut 5y ago
    The system works!
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duskwuff 5y ago
Aside from being a Game of Thrones reference, "Dragonglass" appears to be a code name for a smart display device, or for smart display functionality. https://9to5google.com/2018/12/28/fuchsia-friday-dragonglass-android/ https://9to5google.com/2018/12/28/fuchsia-friday-dragonglass...
- senectus1 5y ago
  ooh I was hoping it would be a minor leak about something like that :-D
  - cmrdporcupine 5y ago
    Not much of a leak; it's a codename from 4 or so years ago now. Not sure if it still applies for the more recent versions of this UI, which were rewritten. (I worked on the home hub display assistant devices which were one of the things that ran a 'dragonglass') Strictly speaking I guess code names are "secret", but this one is pretty old already.
kens 5y ago
It's a bit alarming that bug numbers at Google are now in the hundreds of thousands.
- mikewarot 5y ago
  It's my understanding that over time, bugs outnumber lines of code. Google has millions, maybe billions? of lines of code.
- bombcar 5y ago
  Imagine the sound in the datacenter with JIRA spinning to life on 219 million bugs.
  - Waterluvian 5y ago
    Some say they never commissioned it properly and it’s still using the demo XML file as the database.
- efsavage 5y ago
  Bug is used very broadly, any issue/task is a bug, some of which are of type "Bug".
- crayboff 5y ago
  I would be alarmed if a company the size of Google with as many complicated projects and as many different developers didn't have a bunch of low level issues like this hanging around!
- deleted 5y ago
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- bhawks 5y ago
  The system's external name is IssueTracker[1]. Internally it's name is buganizer. Buganizer has been around forever (or it already had a ton of bugs logged when I started in 08). It gets (ab)used to store tons of semi structured data with a pretty good siloing and acl capability (including allowing Google 3rd party partners to work on issues). This data includes bugs but also tasks, workflows, approval processes etc. Buganizer is very api-first so many different tool frontends use it as their backend. Generally every huge leap in bug numbers was associated with buganizer assimilating another tracker's bug database (from acquisitions and similar). For what it's worth no issue tracking system I am aware of has avoided buganizers huge gravity well. I expect this trend to continue. 1: https://issuetracker.google.com https://issuetracker.google.com
Moxdi 5y ago
I wonder how much money they lost just for that comment, at that scale every but counts
- Terry_Roll 5y ago
  Thats if its real and its not a phishing exercise to identify the ip address of posters for intelligence gathering purposes. If scan hacker news every few seconds from a variety of different IP addresses, see who is logged on and posting and then see who clicks the honeypot. Simplez!
  - jtsiskin 5y ago
    .…it’s google.com. I’m pretty sure some smart devices ping that to check internet connectivity
    - Terry_Roll 5y ago
      No the website which highlighted an anomaly. I could spot something up with a big entity, knock out a website highlighting that when all the while I'm looking to identify the user.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
- galosh 5y ago
  That epoch of Google died near on a decade ago now
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xyst 5y ago
Whoever is assigning these code names to products loves GoT

62 points by buzzert 5y ago

senectus1 5y ago

who or what is Dragonglass?

ithrow 5y ago
The material used to kill white walkers.
- 55555 5y ago
  Obsidian.

deleted 5y ago

[deleted]

eyelidlessness 5y ago

I can’t repro on iOS, but a google for that specific TODO shows it indexed at google.at and google.co.ve, as well as a variety of other domains with google in the name… unclear which if any are Google owned but the few I tried don’t redirect, that’s a bit surprising.

dsr3 5y ago
Who.is search shown that at least google.co.ve is owned by Google https://who.is/whois/google.co.ve https://who.is/whois/google.co.ve

whimsicalism 5y ago

Scratch my previous - I see it.

oh_sigh 5y ago

I wish it was b/7 or something like that, present since 1999

ASinclair 5y ago

Not my code but I sent out a fix.

buzzert 5y ago
Nice!
- triggercut 5y ago
  The system works!

deleted 5y ago

[deleted]

duskwuff 5y ago

Aside from being a Game of Thrones reference, "Dragonglass" appears to be a code name for a smart display device, or for smart display functionality. https://9to5google.com/2018/12/28/fuchsia-friday-dragonglass-android/ https://9to5google.com/2018/12/28/fuchsia-friday-dragonglass...

senectus1 5y ago
ooh I was hoping it would be a minor leak about something like that :-D
- cmrdporcupine 5y ago
  Not much of a leak; it's a codename from 4 or so years ago now. Not sure if it still applies for the more recent versions of this UI, which were rewritten. (I worked on the home hub display assistant devices which were one of the things that ran a 'dragonglass') Strictly speaking I guess code names are "secret", but this one is pretty old already.

kens 5y ago

It's a bit alarming that bug numbers at Google are now in the hundreds of thousands.

mikewarot 5y ago
It's my understanding that over time, bugs outnumber lines of code. Google has millions, maybe billions? of lines of code.
bombcar 5y ago
Imagine the sound in the datacenter with JIRA spinning to life on 219 million bugs.
- Waterluvian 5y ago
  Some say they never commissioned it properly and it’s still using the demo XML file as the database.
efsavage 5y ago
Bug is used very broadly, any issue/task is a bug, some of which are of type "Bug".
crayboff 5y ago
I would be alarmed if a company the size of Google with as many complicated projects and as many different developers didn't have a bunch of low level issues like this hanging around!
deleted 5y ago
[deleted]
bhawks 5y ago
The system's external name is IssueTracker[1]. Internally it's name is buganizer. Buganizer has been around forever (or it already had a ton of bugs logged when I started in 08). It gets (ab)used to store tons of semi structured data with a pretty good siloing and acl capability (including allowing Google 3rd party partners to work on issues). This data includes bugs but also tasks, workflows, approval processes etc. Buganizer is very api-first so many different tool frontends use it as their backend. Generally every huge leap in bug numbers was associated with buganizer assimilating another tracker's bug database (from acquisitions and similar). For what it's worth no issue tracking system I am aware of has avoided buganizers huge gravity well. I expect this trend to continue. 1: https://issuetracker.google.com https://issuetracker.google.com

Moxdi 5y ago

I wonder how much money they lost just for that comment, at that scale every but counts

Terry_Roll 5y ago
Thats if its real and its not a phishing exercise to identify the ip address of posters for intelligence gathering purposes. If scan hacker news every few seconds from a variety of different IP addresses, see who is logged on and posting and then see who clicks the honeypot. Simplez!
- jtsiskin 5y ago
  .…it’s google.com. I’m pretty sure some smart devices ping that to check internet connectivity
  - Terry_Roll 5y ago
    No the website which highlighted an anomaly. I could spot something up with a big entity, knock out a website highlighting that when all the while I'm looking to identify the user.
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
galosh 5y ago
That epoch of Google died near on a decade ago now

deleted 5y ago

[deleted]

xyst 5y ago

Whoever is assigning these code names to products loves GoT