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They need to make sure not to give it terminal access. It might delete a DB or something from prod [1]. It took a lot of effort to write this with a straight f
by PartiallyTyped 3y ago
They need to make sure not to give it terminal access. It might delete a DB or something from prod [1].
It took a lot of effort to write this with a straight face. Ultimately, I failed.
[1] https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/02/01/gitlab-dot-com-database-incident https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/02/01/gitlab-dot-com-data...
- Aeolos 3y agoWhile this is indeed a very bad incident, this is also 6 years old at this point. Assuming that nothing has changed or was learnt since that incident is a pretty uncharitable reading.
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoI merely made a joke, I did not imply that "nothing has changed" and reading it as such is rather uncharitable.
- nateburke 3y agoGitlab is not a charity. They need to earn their trust like everyone else. Losing data is a big failure. I can see why folks would remember it.