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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by Zababa on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:38PM (#29085580)
I've read on HN that "processes are organizational scar tissue", I think it applies here.
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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by riknos314 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @04:37PM (#29087028)
Yep. A wise engineer once told me "Runbooks [written SOPs] are just solving bugs with people instead of code"
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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by rShergold on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:30PM (#29086305)
That's an excellent phrase. It reminds me of the navy saying "regulations are written in blood"
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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by MauranKilom on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @06:55PM (#29088623)
It's actually super related, given that (at least in the medical software sector) you won't get anything approved by the FDA before spelling out the entire software development operation in processes.
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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by NaturalPhallacy on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @10:45PM (#29090548)
Makes sense in the medical domain where people are way more likely to be injured or die.

But most software isn't that critical.

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