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Re:Feeld dating app – Your nudes and data were publicly avai... by 1_1xdev1 on Thursday September 12, 2024 @01:04AM (#41517765)
I used the app briefly a few months prior to their discovery. The app was riddled with bugs. Things like chats not loading (received the push notification, but in the app not visible until force quit/reload). I’m not surprised it took them so long to remediate. I would guess a shoestring contractor dev team.
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Re:Feeld dating app – Your nudes and data were publicly avai... by xenospn on Thursday September 12, 2024 @02:15AM (#41518066)
This is what happens when both founders are not technical. I use the app and it was obvious from day one it’s been designed and implemented by the lowest bidder.
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Re:Feeld dating app – Your nudes and data were publicly avai... by yosito on Thursday September 12, 2024 @03:31AM (#41518397)
Not necessarily the lowest bidder. It's quite easy for a consulting company that is bad at development to make a convincing pitch to a nontechnical founder as long as they're better at sales than they are at development.
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Re:Feeld dating app – Your nudes and data were publicly avai... by RHSman2 on Thursday September 12, 2024 @03:56AM (#41518532)
Replace ‘founder’ with organization
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Re:Feeld dating app – Your nudes and data were publicly avai... by nailer on Thursday September 12, 2024 @09:41AM (#41520854)
The founder used attend node.js events in London. Not sure why you think he’s non technical.
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Re:Feeld dating app – Your nudes and data were publicly avai... by darajava on Friday September 13, 2024 @05:37AM (#41529570)
Attending node.js events does not mean you are technical. A lot of people, I would say most people in my experience, go those events to connect with technical talent.
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Re:Feeld dating app – Your nudes and data were publicly avai... by xenospn on Saturday September 14, 2024 @03:03PM (#41542029)
Because a technical person would immediately find all of the glaring flaws and issues with their app and fix it promptly. Unless they’re incompetent. Which might be worse than non-technical.
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