Wordpress makes shitty software

Monday, March 05, 2007 by Dave Winer.

And that's good!  

Here's another reason why Wordpress is so popular -- they belong to Ye Old Schoole of Shitty Software, which teaches: 

1. We know our software sucks. 

2. We know we've let you down. 

3. It's our fault not yours. (Or Matt's.) 

4. Let's find a workaround. 

5. Let's find a way to get your data back. 

6. We promise we'll take a look at this problem, and if possible, fix it in the next release. 

That's what I look for in a software vendor, and when I'm creating software, what I strive for. I know from experience that software that's shipping crashes and loses data, or breaks, and disappoints. When you choose to use a piece of software, you're buying into a process, not something that's finished. We know it's shitty, but we'll work to make it less so. 

PS: Of course, the OPML Editor, which I use to edit Scripting News, crashed while I was writing this post.