What sites are running this hilarious back end?
What makes this hilarious?
Why must you laugh at my back end?
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#12Is that the same pud that did fuckedconpany? It was a hilarious site where people made fun of over valued companies during the first boom. Unfotunately the site eventually became overrun by nazis (not kidding) and had to be shut down.
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#13What sites are running this hilarious back end?
Several of these: http://adhdinc.com and http://pud.com
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#14I don't get it. Would anyone argue that you couldn't launch successful sites this way? Tools are made to improve the process and enable new possibilities; that's why use good tools.
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#15This is great. Seriously. I cut my teeth in the early 2000s writing the type of PHP code that would make your eyes bleed. Global variables everywhere. HTML/PHP/MySQL in the same file. Career-wise I ended up going down a backend/database developer path, so if I do anything with consumer-facing web applications, it's on my free time. I'm working on such an app now, and right now the fastest way I can get anything done…
I have respect for people that can deliver, regardless of what they use. The allure of cool tech is strong but tech doesn't make products: people do.
I cannot see what is wrong with your using plain PHP if you can get the job done faster (as long as you avoid things that make exploits easy, such as raw mysql db functions). When the time for a framework comes, you'll know.
Stop worrying about what others think and good luck!
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#18I don't hang out with a lot of programmers and I guess this is the reason. This "laughing" the op alludes to. This endless discussion of what language or back end is the best. I find it impossible to talk about programming with people who would rather indoctrinate me on the benefits of their chosen language than talk about, say, data structures. It's like arguing about what colour is the best. It's pointless.
So big ups to pud for his post and his peculiar stack. In its own way, it's a very cool and imaginative stack. And it works, which I think is the only thing that matters in the end.
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#19As long as Xeround sticks around and does what they say they can do, I’ll never have to worry about scaling my database
Never heard of that database/company before so I clicked on the link out of curiosity and guess what, their server is down. Not very reassuring for an "infinitely scalable solution".
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#20In computing, there is an emphasis on the tools, rather than what you do with them. It's worth noting that it's not limited to computing either. Countless amateur photographers spend their time discussing hardware, rather than techniques and other aspects that would benefit their craft to a much greater extent. Personally, as much as I'm fascinated by the tools, I'm much more curious about what you do with them. So I…
>Countless amateur photographers spend their time discussing hardware, rather than techniques and other aspects that would benefit their craft to a much greater extent.
You see the same thing among firearms enthusiasts. It's fairly common to find people that spend (tens of) thousands of dollars chasing the best gear, but won't spend $2-400 on training from a reputable instructor.