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I did something like this to autogenerate host names. Then a colleague pointed out he'd done the same using dict words and got in some hot water due to politic
by technofiend 6y ago
I did something like this to autogenerate host names. Then a colleague pointed out he'd done the same using dict words and got in some hot water due to politically incorrect combinations. I punted and used the output of ls /etc, /bin and /usr/bin, so hostnames end up like ifconfig-du-passwd instead. This is just temporary to make them slightly easier to read and parse as a human until we map serial number to asset name and then use that.
- wutbrodo 6y ago> Then a colleague pointed out he'd done the same using dict words and got in some hot water due to politically incorrect combinations. That's pretty hilarious
- njovin 6y agoDid something similar for a chat app and the first week we released it had an angry support call asking why we’d labeled one of their customers “bloated sloth” (I don’t recall the exact adjective-animal combo but it was similar). This is what happens when engineers try to be playful.