We have a dev environment where all our code builds upon checkout and then we have our own local environments to actually do development on. What's the problem with someone deciding that they want to run at hostname alias so-and-so on their local machine or port whatever instead of what's the default?
So basically you're saying is Stack Exchange development team does what ever the fuck they want to do?
You didn't give anywhere near enough information for someone to come to the conclusion he came to. And the anger with which he presents it is uncalled for.
(and possibly the ability to downvote)
I've been here for far longer than you and I'm still stuck in the 300 karma range. Why? Because of my timezone. Most people are asleep when I'm awake.
It is virtually impossible for me to submit an article and have it viewed by a large number of people before it is pushed off the front page. So all my submissions get low score, only for the same article to be submitted later in the day once NY and LA have woken up and get big karma scores for someone else. I've given up submitting, which is how you accumulate the big karma scores.