I used a bash script to query a mySQL database because we weren't allowed to use...

noonespecial on July 31, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Confess HN: Share your Immoral Hacks, Codes or Twe...

I used a bash script to query a mySQL database because we weren't allowed to use "unapproved" libraries and the last time I tried to get permission to use a CPAN module, it took 8 weeks.

I am ashamed.