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		georgemcbay on May 7, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I would have hired Doug, but... " I thought that using Javascript on the server was pants-on-head retarded, but it's very popular" Well, there's no law against things being both terrible and popular. It is quite common.

fsk on May 8, 2015 [–]

What does it say about software as a serious career, if tools that are awful are popular and widely used?

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