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>then fix a minor bug by sshing in, viming a file, and hacking it a few times. Yeah, screw version control! Who needs any record of the change you made? If you
by ubertaco 3y ago
>then fix a minor bug by sshing in, viming a file, and hacking it a few times.
Yeah, screw version control! Who needs any record of the change you made? If you have to move the code or redeploy it somewhere because that server goes down or something else changes, _real_ 10x rockstar ninjas remember every change they've made for the last several years.
- zdragnar 3y agoNot to mention the paper trail needed for any meaningfully regulated industry. The thought of someone just ssh'ing into an application with access to PII or HIPAA regulated data and being able to tweak the production code is nightmare fuel.