# So which member of the SMDB staff wrote the code for Discourse?

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**Created:** [October 26, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-member-of-the-smdb-staff-wrote-the-code-for-discourse/1009277 "2024-10-26T21:27:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-member-of-the-smdb-staff-wrote-the-code-for-discourse/1009277/22 "2024-10-26T23:41:34Z")

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He’s been considered staff for years. Kind of an end-of-story situation.

From the last time this was complained about:

> [@Criticism of the Board software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticism-of-the-board-software/998669/7):
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> A software developer should know what is and what is not acceptable for a bug report.
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> Also, while @codinghorror is technically a user here, I don’t think he participates much as a user (probably due to all of the snark and entitlement that was shoved his way when we first switched to Discourse, but that’s just a guess on my part). As the head of the Discourse team, he is technically staff. Do not attack staff for any reason. This includes anyone on the Discourse team and anyone at STM, etc.
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> Don’t bite the hand that feeds us.
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> Constructive criticism is always welcome. Bug reports (that are actual bug reports and not rants) are always welcome. Just be respectful.

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