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There is a rule of thumb to not ship anything on a Friday. This was a Sunday! And it didn’t seem to have been tested, so where was the Dev/UAT/Prod separation
by opless 7y ago
There is a rule of thumb to not ship anything on a Friday.
This was a Sunday!
And it didn’t seem to have been tested, so where was the Dev/UAT/Prod separation?
So many red flags, and I think anyone who has been in development for a while has had some product owner try to break procedures to force whatever pet project that is falling behind to hit some target to get their bonus/gain brownie points. It almost never goes well. But by this time the PO has a scapegoat because it’s no longer their fault it’s not working, it’s production’s fault. (Also it’s not always a PO, it can be a developer or anyone up to c-suite level)
Sigh
- K0SM0S 7y ago“No but you don't get it, my son is really good at those things, he said he would speed up our Windows machines 10x if I gave him the codes and physical access to the servers during weekends!” That would be a very bad, very cliche joke if it weren't a true war story (2005, good times). Turns out the 15 y.o. had convinced his father that I was "lame" at my job because I didn't tweak regedit. Important lessons were learned by the three of us that day!
- opless 7y agoI actually laughed.
- ineedasername 7y agoSounds like a "Dude, do you even regedit Bro?"