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03-02-2021, 08:59 AM

(03-02-2021, 04:34 AM)plam Wrote:
(03-02-2021, 01:08 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: To continue the analogy, the old site could electrocute you. The new one just has outlets installed at weird angles.

Depends on whether one is trying to have human-understandable URLs or not. Also could be trouble with firewalls.

Human-understandable URLs are correct practice, so there is no “if” for professional web developers.

Trouble with firewalls could be a reason for almost anything in development, but definitely not to use a weird port in production.

Seriously, while I’ll admit the site won’t electrocute anybody as it is, you don’t hear these sorts of BS excuses from electricians for why they couldn’t ground that outlet; they just suck it up and do the job properly.

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