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As a contractor who works building apps (and their server backends) for big clients: I don’t give a fuck. I just do the minimum so the app works. The worst that

by nslqnd 2y ago

As a contractor who works building apps (and their server backends) for big clients: I don’t give a fuck. I just do the minimum so the app works. The worst that can happen is that the client asks me to fix the flaw later on, for which I will bill more hours. I can 100% guarantee that’s what happened here.

williebeek 2y ago
I assumed there is always some technical documentation/app architecture and some mandatory (server side) security you have to follow, but reading this I'm being too optimistic.
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jddj 2y ago
> the worst that can happen To you, you mean, right?
- chefandy 2y ago
  That goes without saying in the software business today. I was in software for decades and I’ve never seen it so cynical. Shameless profiteering seems to be the gold standard strategy. It’s like Gordon Gecko style greed.
  - gunian 2y ago
    That's cause there are people that make the mean girls from mean girls look like the nice girls Infighting, KPIs, comp packages, weird ass games trying to build something new or try to learn is actually looked down upon. Very medieval with hunt vibes
  - AlexandrB 2y ago
    It's hardly surprising. Once they smelled cash in the water all the Gordon Geckos packed up their finance bags and moved into tech.
- gunian 2y ago
  Actually interested in learning more about the attack surface area? I've had my SSN stolen learned multiple people are using it lol so I doubt banking info stolen from Mickey Dees would make a difference could something worse be achieved
lou1306 2y ago
Can't the client sue for damage though? Especially in a courtroom-happy country like the US, perhaps causing financial trouble to a corporation the size of McDonald's would not exactly lead to a happy, carefree livelihood
- maccard 2y ago
  A company doing outsourced dev for someone the size of McDonald’s would have an iron clad statement of work that the would point to and say “show us where you asked for server validation”

by nslqnd 2y ago

williebeek 2y ago

I assumed there is always some technical documentation/app architecture and some mandatory (server side) security you have to follow, but reading this I'm being too optimistic.

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jddj 2y ago

> the worst that can happen To you, you mean, right?

chefandy 2y ago
That goes without saying in the software business today. I was in software for decades and I’ve never seen it so cynical. Shameless profiteering seems to be the gold standard strategy. It’s like Gordon Gecko style greed.
- gunian 2y ago
  That's cause there are people that make the mean girls from mean girls look like the nice girls Infighting, KPIs, comp packages, weird ass games trying to build something new or try to learn is actually looked down upon. Very medieval with hunt vibes
- AlexandrB 2y ago
  It's hardly surprising. Once they smelled cash in the water all the Gordon Geckos packed up their finance bags and moved into tech.
gunian 2y ago
Actually interested in learning more about the attack surface area? I've had my SSN stolen learned multiple people are using it lol so I doubt banking info stolen from Mickey Dees would make a difference could something worse be achieved

lou1306 2y ago

Can't the client sue for damage though? Especially in a courtroom-happy country like the US, perhaps causing financial trouble to a corporation the size of McDonald's would not exactly lead to a happy, carefree livelihood

maccard 2y ago
A company doing outsourced dev for someone the size of McDonald’s would have an iron clad statement of work that the would point to and say “show us where you asked for server validation”