Re:Ask HN: When did comments start being split across pages?
by dang on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @05:05PM
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The solution isn't straightforward because the problem isn't straightforward. It just looks like it is, which is by design.
The problem isn't straightforward because the software does a ton of things to try to keep the site good. We do a lot of manual moderation too, but anything we can write code for, we of course do.
Re:Ask HN: When did comments start being split across pages?
by pvg on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @04:05PM
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If I can build the basic scalable submission and comment system in one 8 hour day
...
[unless this is deliberate parody in which case, you got me]
Re:Ask HN: When did comments start being split across pages?
by EGreg on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @04:06PM
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of what
Re:Ask HN: When did comments start being split across pages?
by pvg on Thursday March 09, 2017 @01:56AM
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It feels like joke-explaining because it is but "I can implement this in a weekend" is one of the central self-unaware brogrammer cliches. You asked.
Re:Ask HN: When did comments start being split across pages?
by EGreg on Thursday March 09, 2017 @09:52AM
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Everything I say is self-aware and the result of reflection before posting.
And btw I said 8 hours, not a weekend.
Look up Poe's Law.
That's because the solution is straightforward, the people who built it are smart, had years to do it.
If I can build the basic scalable submission and comment system in one 8 hour day I am sure they can fix it in less than that.
Then you need to iterate of course and get the bugs out. But come on. I am incredulous that HN is buckling under a load of 20 stories with on average 100 comments each. Seriously?