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An Easy Fix

123 points by Sebguer 3y ago

tjpnz 3y ago
Played it like a professional and shipped at 14:30 - the bug can wait. How did the cowboys fare?
- dwattttt 3y ago
  You can get it all done by 3pm on the dot, just never do the safe thing
  - croes 3y ago
    02:45pm is possible too
    - eru 3y ago
      You don't even need to 'never do the safe thing'. You can sometimes indulge in safety, and still make it before 3pm.
- smusamashah 3y ago
  3:15, 15 minutes late therefore release is delayed by a day.
pomian 3y ago
This was actually a fun little game. It opens a tiny window into what a whole pile of HN types seem to deal with. Especially interesting for those of us not directly in computer development.
yuliyp 3y ago
I feel like the author of this must have installed spyware on my computer to build this scenario.
- Sebguer 3y ago
  Exactly how I felt. Some experiences are just universal!
- bfdm 3y ago
  "you open Confluence and desperately read through six possibly relevant pages" Too real. What's left out is the detail that all contain stale references and are last updated by Unknown User no longer at the company.
chhopsky 3y ago
so this is where all the views are coming from! glad you liked it :)
- Agentlien 3y ago
  As a fellow game developer this was just way too real. Everything about it brought back memories.
- xbar 3y ago
  I knew it was good because it felt exactly like home....er, work.
- nick__m 3y ago
  great simulation !
xbar 3y ago
2:15, and I even tested my fix first.
- japanman185 3y ago
  [dead]
- alberth 3y ago
  Same.
cpersona 3y ago
3:45, but I’m terrible at my job and this proves it. You should consider turning this into a testing process for interviews. I would say this is a pretty accurate proxy for my daily work in finance related work.
- 0xcoffee 3y ago
  Same, but even missing the deadline was realistic. Manager: This is urgent, fix it today. Dev: Rush rush, miss deadline. Manager: Ok no problem, let's move the deadline by a week just in case.
nolongerthere 3y ago
2:00pm did a mix of safe and stupid. Still no clue what the actual issue was tho, so sounds like a regular day in the office for me.
mikewarot 3y ago
I got done at 3:08, but was still on time, somehow... 8)
JakeStone 3y ago
That was fun. Got it by 2:00, but also played a few hunches with a cowboy move here and there that may have saved time. Still not going to convince me to respond to Slack that quickly, though.
mantas 3y ago
This hits waaaaaay too close to home.
charles_f 3y ago
Morale of the story: if you want to make it, ignore slack, don't search by yourself, and expedite shit by altering data in prod manually.
- chhopsky 3y ago
  lmaooo now that is an entire meta-commentary on the nature of the work required to fix bugs
bbkane 3y ago
I want a bonus after fixing that bug

An Easy Fix

123 points by Sebguer 3y ago

tjpnz 3y ago

Played it like a professional and shipped at 14:30 - the bug can wait. How did the cowboys fare?

dwattttt 3y ago
You can get it all done by 3pm on the dot, just never do the safe thing
- croes 3y ago
  02:45pm is possible too
  - eru 3y ago
    You don't even need to 'never do the safe thing'. You can sometimes indulge in safety, and still make it before 3pm.
smusamashah 3y ago
3:15, 15 minutes late therefore release is delayed by a day.

pomian 3y ago

This was actually a fun little game. It opens a tiny window into what a whole pile of HN types seem to deal with. Especially interesting for those of us not directly in computer development.

yuliyp 3y ago

I feel like the author of this must have installed spyware on my computer to build this scenario.

Sebguer 3y ago
Exactly how I felt. Some experiences are just universal!
bfdm 3y ago
"you open Confluence and desperately read through six possibly relevant pages" Too real. What's left out is the detail that all contain stale references and are last updated by Unknown User no longer at the company.

chhopsky 3y ago

so this is where all the views are coming from! glad you liked it :)

Agentlien 3y ago
As a fellow game developer this was just way too real. Everything about it brought back memories.
xbar 3y ago
I knew it was good because it felt exactly like home....er, work.
nick__m 3y ago
great simulation !

xbar 3y ago

2:15, and I even tested my fix first.

japanman185 3y ago
[dead]
alberth 3y ago
Same.

cpersona 3y ago

3:45, but I’m terrible at my job and this proves it. You should consider turning this into a testing process for interviews. I would say this is a pretty accurate proxy for my daily work in finance related work.

0xcoffee 3y ago
Same, but even missing the deadline was realistic. Manager: This is urgent, fix it today. Dev: Rush rush, miss deadline. Manager: Ok no problem, let's move the deadline by a week just in case.

nolongerthere 3y ago

2:00pm did a mix of safe and stupid. Still no clue what the actual issue was tho, so sounds like a regular day in the office for me.

mikewarot 3y ago

I got done at 3:08, but was still on time, somehow... 8)

JakeStone 3y ago

That was fun. Got it by 2:00, but also played a few hunches with a cowboy move here and there that may have saved time. Still not going to convince me to respond to Slack that quickly, though.

mantas 3y ago

This hits waaaaaay too close to home.

charles_f 3y ago

Morale of the story: if you want to make it, ignore slack, don't search by yourself, and expedite shit by altering data in prod manually.

chhopsky 3y ago
lmaooo now that is an entire meta-commentary on the nature of the work required to fix bugs

bbkane 3y ago

I want a bonus after fixing that bug