[Foundation-l] Is random article truly random

John Vandenberg jayvdb at gmail.com
Wed Oct 19 13:17:53 UTC 2011


On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:10 AM, MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com> wrote:
> Andrew Garrett wrote:
>> My point is about quick wins. We can attack a large portion
>> (that may or may not be exactly 90%) of the problem by offering
>> readers the opportunity to hide a small number of categories that
>> people commonly don't want to see.
>
> The simplest solutions can often have the gravest consequences. As a PHP
> developer, I would've thought you would know this better than anyone.

I'm more worried about lack of user requirements gathering, vague
problem definition, and over-engineering coupled with an expectation
for 'the community' to build a dataset that they appear reluctant to
build.

-- 
John Vandenberg



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