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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:45PM (#38194988)
if your webpack or ci/cd pipeline is breaking often enough that you worry about it when delivering estimates, that's a you problem.
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by danenania on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @02:03PM (#38195254)
Are free ponies available in this magical land you speak of where nothing ever unexpectedly breaks? Please put me down for two.
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:39PM (#38196618)
you mean the same world where no one has heart attacks and meteors have never hit houses?

Both have been documented to have happened, yet somehow you didn't seem to think that should be taken into account when considering estimates for cooking and pissing.

If your shit is breaking so often you're afraid to give an estimate, that's a you problem.

And yes, we had an internal team that w/i the last 6 months couldn't go a week without a deployment problem. Ask me why they no longer have that issue.

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