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Re:Do companies exist where software isn't done with chewing... by afarrell on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:02AM (#14409343)
> crud web app shop

CRUD != crud

I don't know if you are making this error, but I it all the time on /r/cscareersquestions and it is a foolish conflation.

crud: crappily-built product

CRUD: a set of UI operations on records in your data model.

You can totally have a well-built CRUD app maintained by a team that cares about code quality.

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Re:Do companies exist where software isn't done with chewing... by UK-AL on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @09:58AM (#14410033)
Yes, but CRUD applications are typically done for small applications on uninteresting problems where people don't really care about code quality. So they have a bad reputation.

The worst CRUD applications, is where they've been extended where they are no longer CRUD but the architecture still assumes CRUD.

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Re:Do companies exist where software isn't done with chewing... by wayn3 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @11:30AM (#14410731)
maybe i just dont care

maybe it was intentionally conflated to call CRUD usually crappily-built

maybe i dont subscribe to your nomenclature

maybe you can have well-built crud apps (omg I did it again and this time its an oxymoron), but if you pick out a crud app at random, I'll give you 10:1 odds that its code quality is absolute garbage

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Re:Do companies exist where software isn't done with chewing... by tbihl on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:47PM (#14412421)
Alternatively,if we're being pedantic, we can go to the original definition, Chalk River Unidentified Deposit (later determined to be activated corrosion products.)
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Re:Do companies exist where software isn't done with chewing... by jamessb on Friday May 26, 2017 @07:53AM (#14423408)
This seems to be a backronym, rather than the word's actual etymology [1].

[1]: https://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2015/03/31/crud-another-...

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