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> so-called bad code that is yielding higher profits, hard to call crappy Missing the point of the person you're replying to entirely... Yes you can get higher
by andrepd 2y ago
> so-called bad code that is yielding higher profits, hard to call crappy
Missing the point of the person you're replying to entirely... Yes you can get higher profits with shittier code, just as you can by building shittier airplanes, cars, bridges, etc. The consequences being exploits, hacks, 737MAX, Ford Pinto, etc
- bschmidt1 2y agoI think you missed the point that it wouldn't actually be shittier code in that case. Some ugly 4 space indented, wrong kind of loops, old Node version, mongo as the main db, no linter, callback hell SaaS platform in 1 file called "server.js" could still be more reliable and yield higher profits and sooner than your masterpiece in Rust.
- andrepd 2y agoYes, and then your user's personal details go on a darkweb leak. But who cares! You made bank and no law or liability will actually punish you for it, so what the hell.
- bschmidt1 2y agoNo need for a dark web, Twitter and GitHub have both leaked user passwords stored in plain text on their own platforms right here on the corporate web. Twitter who struggled to turn a profit (but not to pay its investors who became wildly rich off it) hired artists who chose technology like Ruby on Rails. They should have hired capitalists who breathed jQuery and ate pieces of sh*t like Active Record for breakfast