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Re:I forgot how to manage a server by lugg on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @08:30AM (#19796447)
Sounds like you got burned by poor design choices and instead of fixing the problem just mandated manual fallbacks instead.

Seems kinda weak.

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Re:I forgot how to manage a server by pritambaral on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @08:53AM (#19796572)
> ... just mandated manual fallbacks instead

I'm sorry I wasn't clearer in my original comment. We do not have manual fallbacks. Everything is automated, with the capability of going full manual if ever necessary, at any point. The rules are simply to ensure that this ability can always be relied upon, even if never needed.

At the least, automating the unknown (the first pitfall mentioned in TFA) is a dangerous "unknown unknown" risk, and the first rule tries to protect against that. Then there's the risk of being burned by "Unknown automation" (the second pitfall mentioned in TFA), which is why we have the second rule. And finally, simply pressing a button and being told everything has been done for you, without being shown how (or worse, even that) it was done, is just boring (not to mention how this supports the third pitfall mentioned in TFA).

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Re:I forgot how to manage a server by luckylion on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @08:58AM (#19796608)
> The rules are simply to ensure that this ability can always be relied upon, even if never needed.

"Have a pilot in the cockpit who can fly the plane even if you trust your autopilot very much"

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