Sloppy Stuff for Millions to See

Having worked at Yahoo, discretion prevents me from sharing any real insight here, but I do think that the repeated release of shared-services code that hangs, works tragically slowly, and is basically pushed through in big sloppy rushes to release the next big "me-too" product ultimately hurts Yahoo more than being 10 weeks late to market instead of 20 helps it. Here is a classic and all too frequent example:

Note that if you forget your password, they will graciously "email a link to reset your password to: $this->getPageData('altemail')." - Um... I'll make sure to watch that account closely, then.