Re: A bug I won't forget
by wpietri on Monday May 28, 2012 @07:03PM
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I can argue this both ways, mainly based on who I focus on.
If I focus minimizing pain for the end user, I want things to blow up as little as possible. If I focus on minimizing my pain, I tend to go for hard failure.
For things that are important enough to spend the time on, I go for both: a system that is maximally kind to its users, but is internally a fussbudget. But that requires building a decent infrastructure for logging and alerting, plus an organization disciplined enough take the alerts seriously.
If I focus minimizing pain for the end user, I want things to blow up as little as possible. If I focus on minimizing my pain, I tend to go for hard failure.
For things that are important enough to spend the time on, I go for both: a system that is maximally kind to its users, but is internally a fussbudget. But that requires building a decent infrastructure for logging and alerting, plus an organization disciplined enough take the alerts seriously.