It’s really is sad when programmers make applications that don’t conform to core principles of programming and databases that don’t conform to saidprinciples of relational database management. Why do this. It makes one persons live easier and creates eternal turmoil and damnation for all those who are punished in the form of working with said kind of system. I believe in being open minded, That developers grow through their career, that applications that i have built before may be scoffed at and deemed as written in the most inefficient manner. but nay.. i say.. Not like this. Recently I have been given the task of working on an international *will remain unnamed website* and omfg never have i seen more unconventional pragmatic progression of code. Manually maintained unique identifiers @_@, in line  configuration switches, NO CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A CONTENT DRIVEN WEBSITE WHICH RELY ON A DATABASE.

With all that said I’m sure you can understand how annoyed i must feel coming in contact with such an archaic system. I foresee major reverse engineering to move forward in a more efficient and i will not hold my tongue SMARTER manner that the previous developers did.

I’m all for deleting the current system and do a complete remake however it would have to be a phased implementation because the *unnamed website* is in the busienss of daily releases therefore it cannot go a single day without being functional.

The general moral behind this post is, PLEASE CONFORM TO STANDARDS be it programmatic, database related, how to fold a piece of paper i don’t care. It makes things simpler for everyone in the end.