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What's the dumbest thing you've shipped? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by snuff@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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18 month project is winding down. I suspect it will have 1 use in the next 4 years we are supporting it.

The tool is basically a copy of the S3 browser, only shittier. The license for the S3 browser is only 20 bucks btw.

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[–] d6GeZtyi@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I once worked on an interface for wifi network selection. The marketing people thought that the scan went too fast and that people would believe in consequence that it wasn't powerful enough. So they asked me to add an artificial delay (multiple seconds) before showing the results.

[–] brezelradar@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago

Instead I'd probably take multiple measurements some hundred milliseconds apart and do a basic statistical analysis (average as "main result", but also lowest percentile, highest percentile and median). That way I don't feel dirty for tricking the customer.

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