Comment by zahlman
3 months ago
They could have just as easily vendored something with the same problem, and still not noticed. And if they cared on that level, they could also have switched to BSON, msgpack etc.
3 months ago
They could have just as easily vendored something with the same problem, and still not noticed. And if they cared on that level, they could also have switched to BSON, msgpack etc.
Yeah true, I don't deny it. My bigger point was that it was basically negligence. And it was in a very high-profile product making likely hundreds of millions (the shark cards).
Meanwhile I got fired because I could not keep up with impossible demands (which has been acknowledged by multiple people in the company but they did not want to burn political capital by going against the decision maker who was a petty tyrant who could not handle disagreement and fired me the first time I said what he was doing was not okay).
Anyway, I got a bit bitter. :)
But in general, to me that story is embarrassing.