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Defaults matter. I don't know how else to express that a system which fails safe in the face of fallible humans is strictly better, all else being equal, than
by regularfry 2y ago
Defaults matter. I don't know how else to express that a system which fails safe in the face of fallible humans is strictly better, all else being equal, than the alternative.
- anonfordays 2y agoThat is the default. Terraform fails safe by not deleting your databases on a whim, it asks for manual confirmation by default.
- regularfry 2y agoUnless the resource disappears unexpectedly from the config, in which case it gets deleted. That's the issue.
- anonfordays 2y agoIt doesn't just "get deleted," by default it prompts and warns the user that there is a deletion planned, and the user must manually confirm the deletion. There is no issue.