| Just curious... evil_andy's anti-database post |
by tnglives |
2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
here makes me wonder how many geeks are fed up with technology, or at least the current state thereof.
I tell anybody who'll listen that most "gee-whiz, this'll make our [cashiers|transcriptionists|support staff|etc] work 3 times faster" applications usually make things take 3 times longer. A well thought out app can make things faster, but if you ever find one of those, I'll give you a dollar. :-p
Sometimes I wonder what the heck I'm trying to do in a field where there's never enough time or money allocated to get anything right, half the tools are broken, and there are thousands of very good out-of-work people who'll take the job if I complain too much. Then I beat a system into submission, and feel better for a while. But it just doesn't feel like it's really for the greater good. |
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Dude, I 'work' with web things. In academia. | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 08:21:23 |
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Why do you think I use | by MatthewDBA | 2005-08-16 08:22:10 |
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Quit reading my mind. | by esbita | 2005-08-16 08:22:41 |
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Dissatisfaction? | by wheresthefish | 2005-08-16 08:23:29 |
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And more and/or newer "products". (n/t) | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 08:25:33 |
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"Things don't work. Let's make them not work | by tnglives | 2005-08-16 08:26:21 |
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PROBLEM: Things don't work. | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 08:34:18 |
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SOLUTION (IBM) | by fudje | 2005-08-16 08:44:33 |
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SOLUTION(My Company) | by ToLazyToThink | 2005-08-16 09:01:49 |
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You forgot one. | by pyroteknix | 2005-08-16 09:09:13 |
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Yeah, I also left out the bit | by ToLazyToThink | 2005-08-16 09:22:51 |
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SOLUTION (as it should be): | by Peace_man | 2005-08-16 08:49:26 |
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Then, after lunch, | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 08:54:50 |
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You can stop at "world". Safer that way. (n/t) | by tnglives | 2005-08-16 08:58:40 |
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I know. I'm such an idealist. | by Peace_man | 2005-08-16 09:08:50 |
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Simple. | by pyroteknix | 2005-08-16 09:10:36 |
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Homer: Son, you tried & you failed. The lesson is | by Concept | 2005-08-16 09:50:39 |
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There's a third possibility: | by FractalEdge | 2005-08-16 09:38:54 |
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You're right - I forgot to mention that one. | by Peace_man | 2005-08-16 10:16:28 |
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SOLUTION (Microsoft-specific): | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:11:08 |
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Not faster and better | by ToLazyToThink | 2005-08-16 08:37:02 |
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Actual problem | by A_flj_ | 2005-08-16 09:36:45 |
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"But that programming stuff is easy." | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:43:54 |
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Did you ever hear about feature creep? | by A_flj_ | 2005-08-17 00:52:39 |
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Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia. (n/t) | by rorajoey | 2005-08-16 15:07:18 |
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One more acronym and/or buzzword outta Sun, | by ToLazyToThink | 2005-08-16 08:24:13 |
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Well, first you write a BuzzwordTracker interface, | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 08:27:11 |
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I'm more annoyed that they seem to be dropping | by fudje | 2005-08-16 08:28:25 |
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Uh, because c**p is cheap to produce. | by kahuana | 2005-08-16 08:33:39 |
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Sad but true. (n/t) | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 08:35:02 |
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Re 1: Well, it's produced, but never released. (n/t) | by tnglives | 2005-08-16 08:37:44 |
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They most likely made it already, | by klaranth | 2005-08-16 08:37:51 |
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I find the biggest problem is imposing changes. | by kahuana | 2005-08-16 08:28:37 |
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That wasn't an anti-database post as such | by evil_andy | 2005-08-16 08:48:53 |
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I've been known to wear DBA hat. | by tnglives | 2005-08-16 08:57:56 |
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You're right though | by evil_andy | 2005-08-16 09:16:44 |
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Because it makes easy things hard but hard things | by Concept | 2005-08-16 08:53:48 |
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I prefer the Perl philosophy: | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 08:56:22 |
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So long as nobody else has to read your code. | by tnglives | 2005-08-16 09:00:55 |
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Isn't duct tape | by MatthewDBA | 2005-08-16 09:03:19 |
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Well, duct tape is usually gray, so that works :) (n/t) | by Concept | 2005-08-16 09:03:24 |
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Bah. | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:23:56 |
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I remember a similar quote between VB and Delphi | by Concept | 2005-08-16 09:02:36 |
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Perl is part of the problem | by evil_andy | 2005-08-16 09:22:09 |
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What silly logic. | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:23:21 |
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Almost all smart people have a C compiler, though. (n/t) | by fudje | 2005-08-16 09:24:42 |
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Amen | by evil_andy | 2005-08-16 09:27:49 |
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Favourite development enviroment? | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:34:32 |
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Choose the right tool for the job? Blasphemy! :P (n/t) | by pyroteknix | 2005-08-16 09:36:06 |
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Yeah, sorry. | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:39:21 |
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Is that why you always have the wrong | by merlin | 2005-08-16 10:09:21 |
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I dunna know... | by pyroteknix | 2005-08-16 10:29:55 |
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They have assumed that everyone has | by evil_andy | 2005-08-16 09:41:56 |
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Good grief, | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:45:36 |
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Nowadays, it isn't the VB runtimes, it's | by Concept | 2005-08-16 09:52:15 |
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*shudder* (n/t) | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:53:36 |
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That's a somewhat arrogant view, isn't it? (n/t) | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:32:48 |
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No less arrogant than | by wheresthefish | 2005-08-16 09:53:44 |
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Not quite. | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-16 09:55:13 |
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I thought we'd established that the really smart | by tnglives | 2005-08-16 10:03:15 |
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I thought the really smart were used -by- their | by merlin | 2005-08-16 10:08:28 |
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You know, | by wheresthefish | 2005-08-16 10:20:35 |
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But it's "obligatory". *rolls eyes* (n/t) | by tnglives | 2005-08-16 10:24:51 |
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Yes. | by fudje | 2005-08-16 10:29:19 |
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Such applications sometimes do speed things up. | by Khaar | 2005-08-16 10:34:28 |
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oh lord | by spiffikins | 2005-08-16 10:44:54 |
