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The powerpeg feature flag had been deprecated for 9 years? In aggregate, yes, the engineering led to the disaster, but the specific engineers had been making ev
by datadrivenangel 1y ago
The powerpeg feature flag had been deprecated for 9 years? In aggregate, yes, the engineering led to the disaster, but the specific engineers had been making everyone piles of money for a long time. The mistakes were fatal, but in a tiny amount of time on a system that old it's honestly surprising it didn't happen sooner.
https://specbranch.com/posts/knight-capital/ https://specbranch.com/posts/knight-capital/
- hinkley 1y agoDeprecated is not removed. I’m talking about airgapping EOL and resurrection of a feature flag code. The fact that they hordes old code for NINE YEARS evaporates most of the remaining sympathy I had for them. Witaf.