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"It must work in IE6, we still use it in our offices."
While developing a JavaScript web app for a bank with 10 000+ employees. In 2014.

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  • 15
    just no.

    please, god, no.

    Why don't you use STONES for your fucking databases?
  • 2
    @Python how did you manage that? :)
  • 8
    @heyheni Let's just say my username used to be JavaScript.

    But for real, they paid good (the company, not me though) and I learned a lot from these, although stupid, obstacles.
    It just felt so dumb to ninja though it because they refused to advance from the stone age.
  • 4
    See that's why I advocate upgrading to Windows 10. Because they aren't switching to Linux anyway. Atleast they use latest technology which will be easier for developer to deploy in most of the cases.
  • 3
    *clears throat* *checks pitch*
  • 3
    @vikaskr If only... At that time they still ran Windows XP.
    I don't work as a consultant for them anymore but last I heard they're upgrading since XP support is expiring.
  • 6
    @SHA-16384 Miraculously they haven't had any scandal if that sort (yet).
    But they got in real trouble when the prime interest rate became negative (in Sweden) a few years ago because their systems couldn't handle negative floats.
  • 0
    🤣
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