An unattended quince

[hirez]

This would be the mumbleth time that I've had to do battle with someone's XML-RPC library and it is still a hateful experience.

There's a longer ramble about anti-foot-shooting security measures that one has to turn off in order to get the blasted code to build at all are worse than useless. 'The code has built-in security' they might say, somewhat smugly. Which won't stop active muppetry from leaving wide open badgers.

See also SELinux and register_globals. The Unix-prodders don't get it right either.

(Yes I am probably advocating K&R C, everyone driving about in rusty (Austin) Minis and forcing children to play outside, nasty reactionary bastard that I am)

Comments

[quercus.livejournal.com]

There are reasons why Scala, Python and $FAVOURITE_THING_THIS_WEEK have their advantages.

Also why XML-RPC? Isn't LJ just boggo REST HTTP, rather than the evil spawn of Wavey Davey?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

I haven't looked to see if there are more recent interfaces, but the one this code uses is much the same XML-RPC as the blogger API.

A bit immaterial anyway b/c I've been blocked for the rest of the day for one too many tries at the server.

Ugh.

[quercus.livejournal.com]

You always wanted to be 3l33t Ru5514n H4xx0r and now LJ thinks you are one!

Maybe you shouldn't have posted test data that made you sound quite so much like a Putin fanboi

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Also, the entry-hoovering code and the comment-hoovering code are Quite Different: http://www.livejournal.com/doc/server/index.html

[drumiller.livejournal.com]

b/c why make them the same/ reuse the methods and calls, that is just plain crazy-talk!?!

la la la, at least I get to trade one set of disinterested developers for another set soonish. wheee!

hmmm, interesting, precursor headaches make me cranky at one-off'ers.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Sir has replacement employers?

[drumiller.livejournal.com]

Yar, more details once I have finished the indoctrination and pacification programme... errr new employee training.

[mouseboks.livejournal.com]

Thou art blessed! External code is Secure as was foretold in the the great contracts of yore.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Ow My Aching Sides. Stop your crazy comedy-type talking, etc.

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Children should play outside *nods*

[meltie.livejournal.com]

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Well it's a nice day for it today.

We were forecast Welsh snow. I even bought a new snow shovel.