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Having had to fix a number of production issues where a change happened XX days ago but the code just silently kept going rather than breaking, I’m sorta of the
by jsjohnst 9y ago
Having had to fix a number of production issues where a change happened XX days ago but the code just silently kept going rather than breaking, I’m sorta of the mind to agree with you. I’d almost rather it break hard, so then I know it’s broke and can fix it. Very nuanced situation though and as such definitely not one size fits all.
- 35bge57dtjku 9y agoIsn't that just 'fail fast' behavior vs. silent ata corruption?
- __david__ 9y agoThat's fine when it's code that you wrote, but it would be really annoying to me as a user if htop (for example) started crashing on a kernel upgrade (instead of one the columns suddenly being zero).
- jsjohnst 9y agoCompletely and totally agree! Why I said it was a nuanced situation and not one size fits all.