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Re:I Accidentally Saved My Company Half a Million Dollars by chasd00 on Monday October 30, 2023 @11:33AM (#38070743)
I did something similar early in my career but it very much went noticed. The system I wrote to correct the bug was basically a MITM attack against pharmacy rx transmissions, it re-priced prescriptions just before they went to the insurance carrier's system because the pharmacies would never apply price updates (i worked at a small independent pharmacy chain, they didn't have a central dispensing system). In my infinite genius I named the system after my current crush. Corporate liked it so much they made an annual award named after my system... so therefore after my crush but i was too embarrassed to tell them the real origin of the name. That was 25 years ago but, to this day, every year a trophy gets made with the first name of my old crush printed on it and handed out. heh if she ever knew she'd be mortified.
Re:I Accidentally Saved My Company Half a Million Dollars by WD40forRust on Monday October 30, 2023 @07:42PM (#38077563)
You must tell her then update us on her reaction. Bonus if you record it on video. :^)