“The ‘Project: Heimdall’ team now want all the numbers,”
said TS1,
my fellow cow-orker.
“Really?” I asked.
“They can finally deal with international phone numbers?”
“Apparently yes. So ‘Project: Sippy-Cup’ needs to open the flood gates and let all the numbers through.
But make it configurable.”
“Okay.”
So I dive into the code for “Project: Sippy-Cup” and … what's this?
The code is already in place.
From last year.
When it was clear that “Project: Heimdall” could not,
in fact,
handle all the numbers!
I remember it was annoying having to send all NANP numbers
(those that are 10 digits,
like “501-555-1212”),
even the malformed,
invalid NANP numbers
(like “501-511-1212”),
while making sure I didn't pass along valid,
international numbers that also happened to be 10 digits long
(like “501-555-1212”).
Now that the “Project: Heimdall” team has to deal with the crap we get … well … good luck. We're all counting on you.
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