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Re:Tickets for Restaurants by tptacek on Thursday June 05, 2014 @06:14PM (#7854954)
Kokonas isn't a software developer; he was a prop trader and then a restaurant owner. The fact that they pulled this off at all is impressive; it's actually even more impressive given that they did it with a less effective project management methodology.
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Re:Tickets for Restaurants by nkokonas on Thursday June 05, 2014 @06:23PM (#7855016)
well in fairness I had a bit of experience in software design -- ancient but relevant. We are redoing the entirety of the site now... keeping the good, improving the rest.
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Re:Tickets for Restaurants by tptacek on Thursday June 05, 2014 @06:25PM (#7855029)
Will trade security assessment for one meal.
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Re:Tickets for Restaurants by sachinag on Thursday June 05, 2014 @06:45PM (#7855102)
I would trade cash money for you two to do a podcast / text interview.
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Re:Tickets for Restaurants by hft_throwaway on Friday June 06, 2014 @01:28AM (#7856330)
Hear, hear.
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Re:Tickets for Restaurants by quadyeast on Friday June 06, 2014 @12:22PM (#7858820)
FYI - https://www.nextrestaurant.com/website/tos

starts off with <<<<<<< HEAD ======= >>>>>>> parent of b836bf2... testing

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Re:Tickets for Restaurants by stox on Thursday June 05, 2014 @09:36PM (#7855756)
In many cases, the software isn't the issue, having a clear vision of the problem to be solved is the issue. It appears that Kokonas had an exceptionally clear vision of the problem and executed accordingly. The legendary "Perfect Spec".
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Re:Tickets for Restaurants by tptacek on Thursday June 05, 2014 @09:48PM (#7855793)
That's what you get when you write a software spec while slamming Black Truffle Explosions.
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