Re:Ask HN: Have you used or wrote custom software for use wi...
by eitland on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @11:52PM
(#21470508)
Edit: First of all - great idea!
At a time when I was incredibly frustrating with our time sheets system at work I started working on a new one. I never got anyone to test it out and it was never finished, but I gutted it and reused the login parts to create a system that friends of mine and I used to sign up for shared tasks.
Then I began realizing how amazingly unsecure it was (cheap hosting, no code reviews, slow patching - at that point I had way too much on my plate). I was almost begging them to replace it with something supported.
It was great fun to create something that was used regularly over time by more than 100 users but (edit: given the circumstances) also a great relief to get it away.
Today I'm also wishing to create a photo sharing solution. I'll probably try to make it on Google Cloud or Azure this time.
At a time when I was incredibly frustrating with our time sheets system at work I started working on a new one. I never got anyone to test it out and it was never finished, but I gutted it and reused the login parts to create a system that friends of mine and I used to sign up for shared tasks.
Then I began realizing how amazingly unsecure it was (cheap hosting, no code reviews, slow patching - at that point I had way too much on my plate). I was almost begging them to replace it with something supported.
It was great fun to create something that was used regularly over time by more than 100 users but (edit: given the circumstances) also a great relief to get it away.
Today I'm also wishing to create a photo sharing solution. I'll probably try to make it on Google Cloud or Azure this time.