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73 pointschargrilled14y ago33 comments

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chargrilledOP14y ago· 3 in thread

Hi everyone. I built this over the course of the last week as an exercise in learning Django.

I noticed my friends and I tended to share lots of stories about our work-related development woe on IRC and thought it would be good to create a place to share the stories!

Let me know if you've got any feedback.

jowiar14y ago

(1) Add job listings to submission page

(2) $

derrida14y ago

This will work.

mangala14y ago

This is my new favorite site. Thank you.

Lewton14y ago· 3 in thread

The voting system is quite.... Completely broken :) While the marker disappears, you can still keep clicking, voting as much as you'd like

chargrilledOP14y ago

I think i've fixed that now!

Fingers crossed.

nbpoole14y ago

Not quite. Your rate limiting seems to be cookie based, which makes it easy for someone to circumvent just by replaying their initial request (or by deleting the cookie you set).

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bmalee14y ago

It's a feature! ¬_¬

rsbrown14y ago· 2 in thread

In the annals of innefectual, misdirected, passive-aggressive online nerdrage this system of anonymous, groupthink-driven schadenfreude really takes the cake.

Of course, here I am shaking my fist on Hacker News so who am I to criticize?

guard-of-terra14y ago

Every one of those are about "I should have confronted the decision because I know better but I'll shut up and write to devsigh instead"

Because you have no spine? Pathetic.

bmalee14y ago

Firstly, ranting online and confronting the problem directly are not actually mutually exclusive. Secondly, in the real world sometimes a problem just isn't worth addressing; no matter how hard you try, sales/marketing/your manager/the CEO/the users just won't understand, so just work around it and let off steam online instead.

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pja14y ago· 2 in thread

Told during the final stretch of a four month project that all the colors in the app had to be readable for people with Color Blindness

Surely in these days of accessibility awareness this ought to be a design goal by default unless otherwise stated?

coderdude14y ago

I'm more surprised that people actually expect us to have this in the back of our minds at all times. There's a reason they didn't go replacing all stairs with ramps.

enf14y ago

Architects spend a lot of time worrying about accessibility requirements. Accessibility, fire safety, and car parking are the major factors that shape buildings.

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dmils414y ago· 1 in thread

Reminds me of Clients From Hell (www.ClientsFromHell.net). And a text only version of Dilbert. Nice!

icebraining14y ago

There's also Not Always Right[1], but it's not tech related (and they're stories, not just sighs).

[1]: http://notalwaysright.com/

justinlau14y ago

TRWTF is that this a site like this already and is hillllarious: http://www.thedailywtf.com/

Just kidding. I suppose there's a niche for shortform "sighs" too.

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33 comments

17 comments · 6 top-level

chargrilledOP14y ago· 3 in thread

Hi everyone. I built this over the course of the last week as an exercise in learning Django.

I noticed my friends and I tended to share lots of stories about our work-related development woe on IRC and thought it would be good to create a place to share the stories!

Let me know if you've got any feedback.

jowiar14y ago

(1) Add job listings to submission page

(2) $

derrida14y ago

This will work.

mangala14y ago

This is my new favorite site. Thank you.

Lewton14y ago· 3 in thread

The voting system is quite.... Completely broken :) While the marker disappears, you can still keep clicking, voting as much as you'd like

chargrilledOP14y ago

I think i've fixed that now!

Fingers crossed.

nbpoole14y ago

Not quite. Your rate limiting seems to be cookie based, which makes it easy for someone to circumvent just by replaying their initial request (or by deleting the cookie you set).

2 more replies

bmalee14y ago

It's a feature! ¬_¬

rsbrown14y ago· 2 in thread

In the annals of innefectual, misdirected, passive-aggressive online nerdrage this system of anonymous, groupthink-driven schadenfreude really takes the cake.

Of course, here I am shaking my fist on Hacker News so who am I to criticize?

guard-of-terra14y ago

Every one of those are about "I should have confronted the decision because I know better but I'll shut up and write to devsigh instead"

Because you have no spine? Pathetic.

bmalee14y ago

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pja14y ago· 2 in thread

Told during the final stretch of a four month project that all the colors in the app had to be readable for people with Color Blindness

Surely in these days of accessibility awareness this ought to be a design goal by default unless otherwise stated?

coderdude14y ago

I'm more surprised that people actually expect us to have this in the back of our minds at all times. There's a reason they didn't go replacing all stairs with ramps.

enf14y ago

Architects spend a lot of time worrying about accessibility requirements. Accessibility, fire safety, and car parking are the major factors that shape buildings.

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dmils414y ago· 1 in thread

Reminds me of Clients From Hell (www.ClientsFromHell.net). And a text only version of Dilbert. Nice!

icebraining14y ago

There's also Not Always Right[1], but it's not tech related (and they're stories, not just sighs).

[1]: http://notalwaysright.com/

justinlau14y ago

TRWTF is that this a site like this already and is hillllarious: http://www.thedailywtf.com/

Just kidding. I suppose there's a niche for shortform "sighs" too.

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