Discussion on: What Happens When A User Edits A Post on Dev.to?

[Kasey Speakman]

I am hardly ever happy with my posts no matter how many times I read them, so I edit a lot. I frequently see cached copies of my posts. Even after I Ctrl-F5 to see the updated copy. When I go back to it thru notifications, I'll get the original copy again. (Mainly applies to comments, I think.) I always wondered which version others were seeing, but I assume it was the very first one.

I also notice that sometimes I see an edit link on my comments, and sometimes not.

[Ben Halpern]

Thanks for the heads up. I think there are some cases we are not properly handling. We'll get it worked out.

I also notice that sometimes I see an edit link on my comments, and sometimes not.

Yeah that's a known bug we're working on.

Thanks for feedback Kasey.

[Kasey Speakman]

No worries man. Y'all do a great job. And after all:

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.

-- Phil Karlton

[Isaac Lyman]

I also see this a lot. In fact, just today I was thinking I should send in a bug report to Ben and the team. Thanks for calling this one out.

[Ben Halpern]

Thanks a lot. This was a case where I'm not surprised it happens but grossly misread the frequency. Knowing this will definitely help us prioritize this. A bug report detailing where exactly it happens would still be appreciated.

[Isaac Lyman]

It happens pretty reliably like this:

• write a post or comment and publish it.
• edit it and publish.
• someone else likes your post.
• go to the Notifications screen.
• click the post that was liked.
• after a long delay, the original (unedited) post is displayed.