[developer2]

Ugh, try address fields. I mildly regret having moved to my current home last year, as inputting this address into forms is an impossible task. The "correct" address according to the formatting standards of my federal postal service, including street address plus unit number, is 47 characters long. I can put the UNIT number on the 2nd address line (when available), which makes the first line (just the street address) 37 characters long. I've come across more than a dozen services (Amazon, Apple, pizza places, etc.) that have length limits on address lines of between 25 and 35 characters.

The worst are the companies who (somewhat strictly, to varying degrees) verify the address of credit cards. I've barely managed to always verify by shortening into a grotesque form of the address that logistically makes no sense, but is apparently just close enough to match whatever fuzzy formula is used (eg. Levenshtein distance).

[pmiller2]

Sure, that all sucks, but, at least address handling is actually hard. Dealing with credit card numbers, even if you want to go beyond the basic Visa / MasterCard / Discover / American Express, isn't that hard. Neither is sanely dealing with SSNs (except that most uses of SSNs are insane by default, but that's just a matter of using it as an ID number when it shouldn't be).

[toast0]

FYI, Most credit card verification is just using the house number and the zip code. If there's no physical delivery, you can just put in Elm St or whatever.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Verification_System

[jsjohnst]

> I mildly regret having moved to my current home last year

I know what you mean for a different reason. Explaining that yes, my street name really starts with the word “Avenue” is getting really old.