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They automated away the part that had a human error (the internal tool with a field left blank), so that human error can't mess it up in the same way again. The
by jerbear4328 2y ago
They automated away the part that had a human error (the internal tool with a field left blank), so that human error can't mess it up in the same way again. They should move that human labor to checking before tons of stuff gets deleted.
- 20after4 2y agoIt seems to me that the default-delete is the real WTF. Why would a blank field result in a default auto-delete in any sane world. The delete should be opt-in not opt-out.
- macintux 2y agoIt took me way too many years to figure out that any management script I write for myself and my co-workers should, by default, execute as a dry run operation. I now put a -e/--execute flag on every destructive command; without that, the script will conduct some basic sanity checks and halt before making changes.