[phatbyte]

> They had no version control.

Had to read this two times and check the year of the article to make sure this wasn't from 2001

[a2tech]

Hacker News ghost story

I work with clients every day that don't have version control. Some of them are even using PHP!

[elwell]

Do they at least work on files locally? Or do they ssh in to modify the PHP file?

[cactus2093]

Also the use of "remote" to mean contractor legitimately confused me for a second, as if it never crossed the author's mind that a full-time employee could be remote.

[Quarrelsome]

i mean, even without the dark patterns that's enough to justify quitting.