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What's the dumbest thing you've shipped? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by 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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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Could it be used as the basis for more advanced information exchange among those companies?

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They already have a very advanced system to transfer actually valuable data (when/how much power needs to go to the grid, end user data, redispatch of solar panels etc etc). We've actually taken that complex and valid system and clipped its wings to do something way less useful :')

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I'm in that boat now 😭

    Except I built the app from the ground up and I was super proud of it. I learned so much about PKI and S3 and made a better system for our suppliers, engineers, and customers.

    The fatal flaw was that changing supplier workflows was a complete non starter. It didn't matter that I reduced the complexity of supplier involvement and made it easier for them to work with us, the old supplier portal HAD to be their front end, which has no api to interact with (one of the drivers for this project).

    Without the direct supplier pipeline, the tool is worse than useless. Now we need a manual process to receive, validate, and sign software before moving it to the new system. Then to deliver it requires another manual process in reverse.

    I made everyone involved life worse.

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