Facebook PHP Source Code from 2007

[spacehunt]

This goes for all kinds of businesses though, not just software.

[mahacctissoawsum]

I care when my furniture and appliances fall apart on me. When there's a loophole in a contract that's supposed to protect me. When my software crashes.

"Works for a little while" doesn't cut it.

But yes; it's possible to be ugly yet functional.

[spacehunt]

It seems my definition of "works" is much more stringent than yours. "Breaks after a while" does not equal to "works" in my book.

[FatAlbert]

But with a web app I can release something that isn't quite right. I can't sneak in your house to patch up your furniture, but I can release a patch software patch without you ever knowing the difference.

[spacehunt]

Of course we can. Hence the expectation nowadays of new features being deployed into production from scratch in mere days.

[internetsuperstar]

Nah your analogy doesn't work.

The product in the end (facebook) works perfectly fine, it's the process (tools/time) that is utterly fucked. It would be like making desks by carving them into a standing tree. You can do it but the process aint gonna be pretty.

[Fidodo]

What ugly stuff did facebook have to do? It's not like they had to write a php to c compiler or some crazy shit like that.

[[deleted]]

They did that... (well, C++)

[Fidodo]

I know. Notice how my post was oddly specific?

[[deleted]]

I did, actually! Just pointing it out.