On Sat, 2006-08-05 at 19:27 +0200, Alexander Lazic wrote: > On Sam 05.08.2006 09:44, Zed Shaw wrote: > >On Sat, 2006-08-05 at 10:59 +0200, Alexander Lazic wrote: > > > >Use the Configurator since it's simpler, but if you have NIH syndrome > >like rails-core you can do it all yourself with the HttpServer > >directly. > > Sorry but what is the 'NIH syndrome'?!
Not Invented Here Syndrome. Means people like to go implement their own versions of stuff not because the current one has deficiencies but because they think they're smarter and obviously anything someone else implements must be crap. The problem with NIH isn't re-implementing stuff (Mongrel does this), the problem with it is people who have NIH syndrome just immediately assume the previous author was an asshole/idiot/moron/shitbag/etc. and they don't try to understand the motivation for the current implementation. Eventually what happens is they end up implementing the exact same thing but in a different style because they encounter all the same problems and use all the same basic solutions. Then they waste a bunch of work on something that isn't really better, just different. In other words, just use Configurator, but do it like RailsConfigurator where Nitro specific stuff is done in a subclass. Trying to do it all yourself defeats the stuff I've already figured out. -- Zed A. Shaw http://www.zedshaw.com/ http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/ http://www.railsmachine.com/ -- Need Mongrel support? _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
