Before you try to do something, make sure you can do nothing

Re:Before you try to do something, make sure you can do nothing by csours on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @12:32PM (#36864999)

Haha. I worked on a manufacturing monitoring app. It communicated status from plant floor controllers (PLC) to turn boxes on the screen different colors.

The operators wanted a certain box to "turn green", and they told a coworker about it.

So he hardcoded it to green, not using the status from the PLC.

The thing is, he was already working on the request, but getting the communication up and running for the PLC is quite involved, so to stop people from bugging him he just "turned it green"

*PLC means programmable logic controller, aka simple and predictable industrial computer with lots of I/O

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Re:Before you try to do something, make sure you can do nothing by recursive on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:12PM (#36868652)

You get what you measure.

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