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> Based on the fact that they've gone through several waves of layoffs and nothing significant has broken yet. This logic is just specious. Passing judgment on
by Zafira 4y ago
> Based on the fact that they've gone through several waves of layoffs and nothing significant has broken yet.
This logic is just specious. Passing judgment on a large, distributed system based on its continued uptime is a bit like arguing that firing the flight crew of a jumbo jet was a good idea because the autopilot is working. It betrays a lack of understanding of what is really going on.
- skeeter2020 4y agoOr recognition that systems require ongoing work to delay and repair the inevitable entropy that grows within them. The only system that does not require ongoing maintenance is one that no one uses.