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Because it's a checklist/todo item for most companies. "Oh, Fred, that status page thing, is it done?" "Yep, I got this perl script, it even updates the times
by owyn 4y ago
Because it's a checklist/todo item for most companies.
"Oh, Fred, that status page thing, is it done?"
"Yep, I got this perl script, it even updates the timestamp automatically! update_status.pl <intensity> <reason>".
"Good enough, ship it."
(sometime in the future - the site goes down)
Oh, where's that perl script? Fred went on vacation...
- expertentipp 4y agoFred was impatiently mumbling about one service, need to refactor it or something. What a maniac. We are busy with kubernaytez and ay-eye. Would a chat work instead of status page perhaps?
- lionkor 4y ago> Would a chat work instead of status page perhaps? That is truly an expertentipp.
- skeeter2020 4y agoFred has been laid off. Monica and Charles over in Marketing handle status updates now with generic tweets about how we care deeply about our customers and lots of cool emojis
- alexjplant 4y agoAm I the only person on the Earth that enjoys using Kubernetes? Running it yourself or having to deal with buying it from IBM is no fun at all but manaed k8s (GKE, DO, etc) works great and beats the ever-living hell out of managing server state. JMO.
- expertentipp 4y agoAlex but what we need is a status page. Status. Page.
- cynicalsecurity 4y agoIt's not like this. Corporations are actually lying and just putting up static pages to fool their customers. Fred simply does what he was assigned to.
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- djbusby 4y agoThere is no Fred