> Stats? Evidence? I mean hundreds of of thousands of companies use PHP and other forms of less than perfect tech.
Oh, I meant companies at the scale of Facebook. There aren't too many of them, would you not agree?
> I also think it's interesting that you're calling FB an example of tech excellence but saying it's going to fade away. Choose one?
FB does a lot of open-source projects. Their devs are excellent. That doesn't mean that their main value proposition is not comprised of code of the kind you speak about. No need to choose one, both can coexist in such a huge company like FB.
> I never made any such argument. Not even close. I only said quality is not the only requirement and might sometimes not be a requirement at all.
Well alright then. I am not here to pick a fight, you should be aware that you came off a bit more extremist to me and a bunch of others than you claim. But these things happen, I can't claim your intent because of a few comments, that's true.
Me and several others' point is that quality plays a part bigger than what you seem to claim. I also knew many devs that decided they won't ask for permission to take the [slightly / much] longer road and this decision paid off many times over in the following months and years.
Sometimes businessmen simply must not be listened to. I can ship it next week alright. But I can skip a few vital details, namely that I did not take into consideration some stupid micromanagement attempts to teach me how to do my job ("nobody cares about this arcane thing you call 'error logger' or 'fault tolerance', just get on with it already!"). Such toxic work places should be left to rot, that is a separate problem however.
Oh, I meant companies at the scale of Facebook. There aren't too many of them, would you not agree?
> I also think it's interesting that you're calling FB an example of tech excellence but saying it's going to fade away. Choose one?
FB does a lot of open-source projects. Their devs are excellent. That doesn't mean that their main value proposition is not comprised of code of the kind you speak about. No need to choose one, both can coexist in such a huge company like FB.
> I never made any such argument. Not even close. I only said quality is not the only requirement and might sometimes not be a requirement at all.
Well alright then. I am not here to pick a fight, you should be aware that you came off a bit more extremist to me and a bunch of others than you claim. But these things happen, I can't claim your intent because of a few comments, that's true.
Me and several others' point is that quality plays a part bigger than what you seem to claim. I also knew many devs that decided they won't ask for permission to take the [slightly / much] longer road and this decision paid off many times over in the following months and years.
Sometimes businessmen simply must not be listened to. I can ship it next week alright. But I can skip a few vital details, namely that I did not take into consideration some stupid micromanagement attempts to teach me how to do my job ("nobody cares about this arcane thing you call 'error logger' or 'fault tolerance', just get on with it already!"). Such toxic work places should be left to rot, that is a separate problem however.