Former Instructure engineer here. Ive been gone almost 10 years at this point, but some of the best engineers I've ever worked with were at INST.
replyI'm not sure where your stereotype even comes from, because Canvas is not trivial software. You can see for yourself as it's AGPL and I assume you looked at the code before criticizing it because any good engineer would do that.
I've been using Canvas for years and it's some of the worst written software I've ever used. It's slow, buggy, with an atrocious 2001-era UI. It's a CRUD app that has no excuse for being so cumbersome. I'm not surprised at all that their security is just as bad as the rest of the product.
replyA bright undergrad could build a superior replacement in a few months, even without AI.
I won't disagree on usability. It has some sharp edges for sure. But
reply> A bright undergrad could build a superior replacement in a few months, even without AI.
Is quite naive. Canvas is not at all just a crud app. You can view the code yourself as it's AGPL
What component in particular goes substantially beyond CRUD?
replyIf they're at the level you say, they just might install some AI gizmo like the Vercel employee was accused of, but really let it run amok with write permissions.
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