I did not downvote you but it sounds like the author works at one of those horrible places where developers get to do things that make no sense in production wi

I did not downvote you but it sounds like the author works at one of those horrible places where developers get to do things that make no sense in production without undergoing an operational review. He probably cannot change that (change would have to come from devs in a company like this), so your advice boils down to finding a new job.