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> Mistakes will be forgiven if we learn from them. I tell my kids this all of the time. For some reason, they haven't embraced this - I suspect it has to do wi
by deafpolygon 3y ago
> Mistakes will be forgiven if we learn from them.
I tell my kids this all of the time. For some reason, they haven't embraced this - I suspect it has to do with conditioning from peers, school, society at large.
> This was a typical organization, one in which the principal operating principle was “Cover your ass.”
Yep, sounds all too familiar.
I'm not going to quote every bit, this is a pretty insightful article.
- camjohnson26 3y agoUsing jargon to mask a lack of understanding is also key. It’s hard to push back on a bad idea when you need a full day just to understand whatever buzzwords are being used to describe it. I asked ChatGPT to describe a bad idea in technical jargon, storing all data in a single node in memory, and the result mirrors real descriptions of systems I’ve had to try to refute. “We centralize all data in-memory on a singular node to alleviate the pitfalls of distributed storage systems, by employing a single node design pattern alongside cutting-edge memory caching algorithms to ameliorate performance, scalability, and operational efficiency. This transformative approach has the potential to streamline the data retrieval process while concurrently reducing hardware requirements, and augmenting compatibility with existing infrastructures.”