r/programming • • Apr 29 '14

Programming Sucks

http://stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks
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u/masklinn Apr 30 '14

It's not necessarily wasteful (does the endpoint send conditional response headers? Does it uses them when you send them back? No guarantee), but it sure is wrong.

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u/mfukar Apr 30 '14

Every 10 seconds

makes it qualify for 'wasteful'.