Multiple times in my career I've had a good laugh when a non-technical manager says something along the lines of "it's just the date, how hard can it be?"

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indymike 5 days ago | parent [-]

Add phone numbers, email addresses and human names to the list.

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micromacrofoot 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

What do you mean we shouldn't have a first and last name input?

explains the naming conventions of every culture on the planet

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bigstrat2003 4 days ago | parent [-]

Which is not relevant unless you are trying to support every culture on the planet. Which most people aren't, and for them it'll be just fine to have first+last name.

	▲	micromacrofoot 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		You'd be surprised how often two fields mess up names if you live in a place that has any amount of immigration.

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peheje 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Agreed! My team is constantly humbled by the mess of user data: names, birthdays, addresses, people dying or living abroad etc.

Honestly, sometimes I think about the linear algebra, AI, or robotics I learned in school and get this feeling of, "Is this what I'm doing? Stuff that feels like it should be simple?"

It's funny, even our product manager - who is a great guy - can fall into that "come on, this should be easy" mode, and I'll admit I sometimes get lulled into it too. But to his credit, every time I walk him through the actual edge cases, he totally gets it and admits it's easy to forget the on-the-ground complexity when you're in 'planning mode'.

So yeah, seeing your comment is incredibly validating.

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econ 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Just validate the registration form? Surely this is a solved problem?

Uhhh...