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My work group has adopted this as a rule. We do mostly R&D lab work rather than customer facing software development, and often a single computer is dedicated t
by analog31 5y ago
My work group has adopted this as a rule. We do mostly R&D lab work rather than customer facing software development, and often a single computer is dedicated to a specific project. We want to make sure that the entire project can be replicated on another computer or hardware setup if needed.
This script is also worth reviewing with colleagues, to avoid pitfalls and also as a way to share better techniques.
- errcorrectcode 5y agoSeems wasteful. Use VMs or containers that can be backed-up and transported to other machines. Also, look into automated configuration management because manual meat monkeying is so 1997.
- analog31 5y agoFor better or worse, a lot of it is 1997 technology, for instance, hardware modules of different brands and antediluvian driver installers. And part of the point is not just to know that it can be copied, but that we actually record what the installation process consisted of.