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Re:Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 200... by antt on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:53AM (#19418965)
I always find it funny how I'm designing with best practices in mind on top of infrastructure someone out of university build as their first project.
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Re:Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 200... by nostrebored on Monday March 18, 2019 @02:44AM (#19419117)
This is not the case with S3 and not the case with that incident.
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Re:Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 200... by lugg on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:27AM (#19419251)
Pretty sure there are first year grads who have worked on S3 as their first project.
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Re:Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 200... by StavrosK on Monday March 18, 2019 @06:19AM (#19419913)
So what? You're saying it as if they gave them root access to the servers and went "go nuts".
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Re:Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 200... by lugg on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:16AM (#19421147)
Bugs in code happen. You don't need write access to cause irreparable damage when the app you're working on has it.
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Re:Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 200... by StavrosK on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:46AM (#19421451)
This applies to everyone, juniors and seniors, and that's why we have code reviews, tests and tooling.
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Re:Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 200... by karlkatzke on Monday March 18, 2019 @08:52AM (#19420609)
Yeah, that's pretty much what major companies I've worked for will do with summer interns.
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Re:Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 200... by StavrosK on Monday March 18, 2019 @08:55AM (#19420629)
I don't know, that hasn't been my experience at all in the companies I've worked for (maybe because there's no way I'd let it happen).
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Re:Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 200... by antt on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:53AM (#19419340)
You can't prove me wrong since it's source is not available.
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