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> My manager ... decided not to do much work after that, [including] renewing my contract in the new system. > A simple automation mistake(feature) caused ever
by tribby 8y ago
> My manager ... decided not to do much work after that, [including] renewing my contract in the new system.
> A simple automation mistake(feature) caused everything to collapse
this is a great story but I must be misreading this detail somehow. it sounds like a simple _human_ error caused everything to collapse.
- daliusd 8y agoIn that case we should send copy of "The Design Of Everyday Things" to designer of the system.
- tribby 8y agosure, we can add can steve krug and kenya hara and everyone else to the reading list -- I don't disagree with the general sentiment that we should avoid designing unnecessary dead man's switches -- but this case still sounds like it is a lot further on the "human" end of the human-machine "who fucked up" spectrum. the contractor says his boss just stopped doing his work at some point, work that included migrating the contractor to a new system.