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Dan Simonson wrote:
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> In lugnet.build, Dan Boger wrote:
> > That is
> > one of the main things we hope LEGOFan can improve on. By making the code that
> > runs the site accessible for anyone to download, modify, and submit updates, we
> > allow a much wider pool of developers to work on the site.
> >
> > This means, that if someone has a great idea for a new way to, say, track
> > community events, they can just write a module, upload it, and everyone
> > benefits. Currently, they would have to just go set it up at yet another site,
> > and they would not have any way to integrate with the vast amount of data and
> > code that's already there.
> >
> > I think that's one point that's being missed here.
> >
> > Dan
>
> Icky. What about when amatures come in and write code that is... laughable... at
> best. Then you have a website made of mangled, chaotic code that definetly does
> not help the community at all. Poor commenting, bad structure, inefficent
> programming is what the downfall of this site, LEGOfan.net, may be.
I'm a professional Software Engineer with 3 years of PHP and mysql
experience,
were I to log in and discover poorly commented, badly structured, inefficent
code I don't think I'd laugh, I think I'd fix it.
As a community, I think you are underestimating that resources available
to it.
Peter
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| (...) Icky. What about when amatures come in and write code that is... laughable... at best. Then you have a website made of mangled, chaotic code that definetly does not help the community at all. Poor commenting, bad structure, inefficent (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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