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[Client, Friday 4PM]"Hello, client here. I know it's Friday 4pm but we messed up and did X. Could you deploy Y fix, thanks!" [Client, Friday 4PM] "We are havin
by Raphmedia 10y ago
[Client, Friday 4PM]"Hello, client here. I know it's Friday 4pm but we messed up and did X. Could you deploy Y fix, thanks!"
[Client, Friday 4PM] "We are having a big sale this weekend we told nobody about. Could you quickly deploy a fix where all the product's prices are red and bold? That shouldn't take you long, right?"
[Project manager, Friday 4:45PM] "Hey team, X just released an important security fix for Y platform. I need you to deploy it right now or the client could get hacked."
- cema 10y agoIn my opinion, only the last one may be justified.
- sparrish 10y agoAnd my own darn fault for using platform Y from team X that would release a security update on a Friday. Yes, fix it. But if this isn't a one-off, get off of platform Y.
- phn 10y agoAre you suggesting delaying security updates because it's Friday? I mean, you can update only on Monday if you so wish, you're unprotected either way.
- sparrish 10y agoIf platform Y regularly releases security updates on Friday, that's poor management by X and I would reconsider using platform Y. 0-day issues of high severity should be the exception.
- Raphmedia 10y agoTimezones can make it so. It's not necessarily their fault.
- cema 10y agoTime zones do make things interesting, but weekends are more or less synchronized. (Holidays are not, notably.)
- im3w1l 10y agoThe appropriate response to Client is "Great, but it will cost $Z in Friday fees"