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@futi.live hey so uh, why do this?

@definitelyover30.bsky.social

Probably because the front-end coder had to apply the data-validation rules that the guy who wrote the database imposed. Also because the database coder failed to think that names can come from any other culture but their own, so presumably they were a junior programmer or an AI.

Ty Schalter

@tyschalter.com

yeah, but also they all presumably work at the place that makes the app (and “don’t apply arbitrary validation rules to name fields” is a well-known enough concept at this point that i think it’s fair game to critique the dev for, no matter how junior)

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Definitely Over Thirty

@definitelyover30.bsky.social

22 Aug

One sad thing about AI is that it places increasing areas of software development into the hands of inexperienced users, such as management and graphic designers. Also, teams at larger companies don't always communicate, or get listened to...