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Generally, anything not-for-profit and older than 40 years is a technological shit-show. There's neither the individual or management will to successfully migr

by ethbr0 5y ago

Generally, anything not-for-profit and older than 40 years is a technological shit-show. There's neither the individual or management will to successfully migrate or upgrade at the pace required. Consequently, everything is held together with duct tape and person-hours.

tvanantwerp 5y ago
I worked for a 80+ year old non-profit. Their tech was definitely a shit show before I turned it around. I won't be surprised if it ends up degrades into a shit show again in a decade or so.
- hadlock 5y ago
  Almost immediately after you left, they promptly lost the admin password, Phyllis in accounting said, "why don't we just go back to copy machines and filing cabinets, we know how those work" and they unplugged all your computers.
  - Angostura 5y ago
    This may me hyperventilate, because I've been there - except in my case I hadn't left, I'd simply gone on holiday for 2 weeks.
dmitriid 5y ago
> Generally, anything not-for-profit and older than 40 years is a technological shit-show. Everything new is the same. Because everything has to be disruptive innovative hockey stick growth bullshit. Here's a screenshot of tha app for a Swedish bank, Klarna: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHXG5bPX0AIC1oe?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHXG5bPX0AIC1oe?format=jpg&name=.... They are a bank. They offer credit cards, and fast online credit payments. And no, "Payments" isn't a list of your payments you've done throught them, that's behind two or three clicks now. It's what you owe them.
- climb_stealth 5y ago
  What the actual fuck. If you ever come to Australia the Commonwealth Bank and Australia Post apps are two examples to restore faith in humanity. They are functional, practical, reasonably intuitive and they keep improving with actual valuable and handy features. Every now and then it still boggles my mind when I use them. Whenever there is a request for reviews I make sure to mention it. I hope the dev team is paid well because they clearly deserve it.
  - dmitriid 5y ago
    To be fair, the other bank I use, Handelsbanken, is also sane: displays all the info you need, gives you quick access to functionality etc. Not without its issues, but Klarna takes the cake :))

by ethbr0 5y ago

tvanantwerp 5y ago

I worked for a 80+ year old non-profit. Their tech was definitely a shit show before I turned it around. I won't be surprised if it ends up degrades into a shit show again in a decade or so.

hadlock 5y ago
Almost immediately after you left, they promptly lost the admin password, Phyllis in accounting said, "why don't we just go back to copy machines and filing cabinets, we know how those work" and they unplugged all your computers.
- Angostura 5y ago
  This may me hyperventilate, because I've been there - except in my case I hadn't left, I'd simply gone on holiday for 2 weeks.

dmitriid 5y ago

> Generally, anything not-for-profit and older than 40 years is a technological shit-show. Everything new is the same. Because everything has to be disruptive innovative hockey stick growth bullshit. Here's a screenshot of tha app for a Swedish bank, Klarna: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHXG5bPX0AIC1oe?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHXG5bPX0AIC1oe?format=jpg&name=.... They are a bank. They offer credit cards, and fast online credit payments. And no, "Payments" isn't a list of your payments you've done throught them, that's behind two or three clicks now. It's what you owe them.

climb_stealth 5y ago
What the actual fuck. If you ever come to Australia the Commonwealth Bank and Australia Post apps are two examples to restore faith in humanity. They are functional, practical, reasonably intuitive and they keep improving with actual valuable and handy features. Every now and then it still boggles my mind when I use them. Whenever there is a request for reviews I make sure to mention it. I hope the dev team is paid well because they clearly deserve it.
- dmitriid 5y ago
  To be fair, the other bank I use, Handelsbanken, is also sane: displays all the info you need, gives you quick access to functionality etc. Not without its issues, but Klarna takes the cake :))