[redact207]

I love that this man resurrected his blog after 10 years just to write this. Anger and spite are strong motivators.

[ranebo]

You have no idea how true this is :). I had to upgrade everything, the old site didn't even have SSL. But this annoyed me so much I wanted others to know how to fix it.

[runnr_az]

Super fun read. Reminds me of the old software cracking days… totally appreciate you sharing it, even though i likely will never have one of those AC units.

[randmeerkat]

> You have no idea how true this is :). I had to upgrade everything, the old site didn't even have SSL. But this annoyed me so much I wanted others to know how to fix it.

People like you are the ones that make the internet worth logging on for.

[skinkestek]

Hopefully this costs the company that tried to fleece you even more money in backlash and also as more people see that is possible to fix this.

[mst]

My best open source work is pretty much entirely in the 'Rage Driven Development' category.

(solid post, also solid rant, mate)

[anfilt]

Glad you did! Nice read as well.

[dclowd9901]

I made my daughter’s bed from scratch out of anger and spite toward IKEA.

[jamesholden]

I have some freak brain (and IKEA experience) which usually let's me do IKEA pretty well. What was it that happened in your case? I'm curious what brought you to that point.

[reaperducer]

I made my daughter’s bed from scratch out of anger and spite toward IKEA.

I would have used wood and nails. You must have terrifically strong emotions!

[unkulunkulu]

IKEA? Thats a surprise, what happened?

[mst]

Meanwhile they had to fire their DBA because they kept dropping tables.

[bitcharmer]

I love it too but this only becomes worthwhile if you manage to promote this post in social media somewhere. If you don't already have a strong social media presence or don't personally know anyone who does you can forget about it. And here on HN you really have to get lucky, post at the right time and hope the flagging gangs don't get you.

[JohnFen]

I could not disagree more. This sort of thing is a public service. Even if only a dozen people find it valuable, it can be exceedingly valuable to them. It's worth putting this sort of thing on your website for that reason alone.

[Etheryte]

This is only the case if you blog for social media clicks and likes. Most people who write blogs don't do it for that reason.