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Lemmy, what are some of your "oh shit" work stories? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by Dio9sys@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow that's so effing smart!

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Everything Dan said and more. They're sometimes also called canaries, although thats not quite the same thing. There's been a ton of times where services have been down for hours instead of minutes because a dev never built in a feature flag.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Canaries, relating to mine work ?

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Thats where the term derives from, yes