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I used the phrase "tickling the dragon's tail" recently when I ran some maintenance code in production without testing it first (because there really wasn't a w
by Lowkeyloki 7y ago
I used the phrase "tickling the dragon's tail" recently when I ran some maintenance code in production without testing it first (because there really wasn't a way to test it outside of production, long series of failures to get to this point, I know). I used to call it cowboy coding.
FWIW, this was the first time I'd done something like that in about 5 years and I felt horrible during and afterwards even though nothing went wrong. I felt like I should have given up a sobriety coin or something. Feels bad. Like falling off the wagon.
- protomyth 7y agoI think it’s a good thing that you feel a bit unsettled. It shows you have the professionalism to know it was a bad plan, but you also had the knowledge to know sometimes a bad plan is the only plan you have. Don’t dwell on it though, that would be unhealthy since you already know the lesson of the experience.