List of Notable XF Developers

[sanction9]

AndyB’s add-ons once again being found having direct DB queries, not conforming to XF resource guidelines for posting them on the official site.
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/change-date-deleted.133457/post-1357923

And

https://xenforo.com/community/threads/user-agent-paid.133495/post-1357933

Change date v2.3 changes:

Now using finder for performing database queries.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

AndyB’s add-ons once again being found having direct DB queries, not conforming to XF resource guidelines for posting them on the official site.
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/change-date-deleted.133457/post-1357923

And

https://xenforo.com/community/threads/user-agent-paid.133495/post-1357933

Stay away from that coder. Last week I helped out a buddy of mine who had installed several of his add ons and his coding skill leave a lot to be desired. The way that guy is adding the sql queries in his add ons is very amateurish. Now, I am not very familiar with xenforo, but what I have seen in its files all queries are done in the model files. That guy puts them all in the controller public files, which is a very bad practice. My buddy unistalled and deleted all his add ons.

 

[Xon]

AndyB’s add-ons once again being found having direct DB queries, not conforming to XF resource guidelines for posting them on the official site.
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/change-date-deleted.133457/post-1357923

And

https://xenforo.com/community/threads/user-agent-paid.133495/post-1357933

The most significant issue isn't using direct db queries for selects; it is AndyB was bypassing the entire entity system (including "services" system) to modify the database directly, meaning any extendability evaporated. One day I expect we'll see a pile of "using services" updates for add-ons which make changes.