Think back to the last time you looked at an unfamiliar block of code. Did you immediately understand what it was doing? If not, you’re not alone – many software developers, including myself, find it challenging to grasp unfamiliar code quickly…
Saving the password truncates but validation doesn’t. So it just fails every time you try to log in with no explanation. The number of times I have seen this in a production website is too damn high.
The password needs to be 8 letters long and may only contain the alphabet. Also we don’t tell you this requirement or tell you that setting the password went wrong. We just lock you out.
Another favorite of mine is truncating the password to a certain length w/o informing the user.
Saving the password truncates but validation doesn’t. So it just fails every time you try to log in with no explanation. The number of times I have seen this in a production website is too damn high.
The password needs to be 8 letters long and may only contain the alphabet. Also we don’t tell you this requirement or tell you that setting the password went wrong. We just lock you out.