The Safari bug that never was (2022) • Hacker News Board

Re: The Safari bug that never was (2022)

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Post by epolanski » Sun, Jan 08, 2023, 4:03 PM UTC

llimos wrote: post #17

I like how they were too modest to post the developer's comment in the bug: > "Also, this is a fantastic bug report. I don't know if I've ever seen a bug report this detailed before." Little things like that restore faith in humanity.

Bragging isn't a cultural standard around the world.

Many cultures are very adverse against any kind of such boasting and cultivate modesty. UK is one of those countries where bragging is widely considered vulgar. Happens, but it's not considered or taken as the norm or polite.

I think this article actually perfectly sums English bragging: it's polite and short, hidden between describing the due diligence that went behind reporting the bug and the numbers of other bugs they have reported and helped fix in time combined with a semi patronizing (but absolutely true and sharable) link to how to report bugs well.

If you went further east to Asia, to cultures where any kind of boasting or bragging is seen very negatively, not just vulgar, you would've found even less of it.

Re: The Safari bug that never was (2022)

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Post by jen20 » Sun, Jan 08, 2023, 4:54 PM UTC

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #60

jiveturkey wrote: post #48

i think these are the same team that has the post about why html number input is bad? to think, such amazing work from government. at least in US we tend to think these are not the most highly skilled people

The US attitude to government is a self-fulfilling prophecy. You don't give a chance to succeed to those you expect to fail.

One thing to note about GDS is that they pay comparably to many other senior dev jobs in London (and especially the rest of the UK outside of London).

In the US the equivalent maxes out at barely entry level salaries for private industry.

Re: The Safari bug that never was (2022)

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Post by brokebroadbeat » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 9:56 AM UTC

jen20 wrote: post #92

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US attitude to government is a self-fulfilling prophecy. You don't give a chance to succeed to those you expect to fail.

One thing to note about GDS is that they pay comparably to many other senior dev jobs in London (and especially the rest of the UK outside of London). In the US the equivalent maxes out at barely entry level salaries for private industry.

It looks less if you compare salary to salary, but factoring in the civil service pension means GDS staffers probably get paid more

Re: The Safari bug that never was (2022)

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Post by mmis1000 » Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 5:41 PM UTC

I use edge preview and firefox nightly on my dev machine as daily browser. It is sure the way to make browser bug not ends up being in you bug queue. A fix in browser itself is definitely better than a workaround in your app. Given workaround in web app is almost permanent (you just have no way to stop people from using an old browser)