Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard?
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#3This http://i.imgur.com/UW5rM.png I truly believe that most software developers want to solve problems, and establishing a database error is a problem that people are willing to pay for...thus, there is a class of people that are willing to do the work!
EDIT: I'm sure the db connection will come back up, but this error is the root of this discussion, in my opinion. No one wants to be yelled at, so to prevent this, we revert to what "just works" and your idea of that concept is different than mine, thus the more we can agree on standards the better off we will be for the general use case.
Re: Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard?
#4This http://i.imgur.com/UW5rM.png I truly believe that most software developers want to solve problems, and establishing a database error is a problem that people are willing to pay for...thus, there is a class of people that are willing to do the work! EDIT: I'm sure the db connection will come back up, but this error is the root of this discussion, in my opinion. No one wants to be yelled at, so to prevent this, we…
I've seen it but seems like it's OK now.
Re: Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard?
#5I think getting a "DB Connection Refused" error when I clicked this link was wonderfully appropriate.
Re: Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard?
#6To use the plumber analogy, we can't agree on how big the common pipes should be. They have physical limitations set by properties of water and waste. Software handles a liquid of constantly changing viscosity.
Re: Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard?
#7This http://i.imgur.com/UW5rM.png I truly believe that most software developers want to solve problems, and establishing a database error is a problem that people are willing to pay for...thus, there is a class of people that are willing to do the work! EDIT: I'm sure the db connection will come back up, but this error is the root of this discussion, in my opinion. No one wants to be yelled at, so to prevent this, we…
gah! sorry. just vanilla wordpress on a shared server. i'll see what i can do.
Re: Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard?
#8I think getting a "DB Connection Refused" error when I clicked this link was wonderfully appropriate.
It's currently in Google's cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?sourceid=chrome...
Re: Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard?
#9I think getting a "DB Connection Refused" error when I clicked this link was wonderfully appropriate.
Thou shalt not use the name of software failure in vain.
Re: Why do web sites and software take so long to build? And why is it so hard?
#10I think getting a "DB Connection Refused" error when I clicked this link was wonderfully appropriate.
I actually laughed out loud and was a little disappointed to see that this wasn't intended. I'll go read the cached link now.