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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 316 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"good morning, I'm about to destroy the backend" is exactly the energy I'd welcome from a colleague frankly.

I think the outage that followed as we fumbled to replace it would probably be cheaper than the ongoing maintenance after a few months

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 150 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I've seen plenty of back ends that needed to be destroyed.

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 94 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Are we still talking about code?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait, you guys were talking about code?

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 88 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] inbeesee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Because that's how you get phrasing

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

nsfw Kenneth Williams

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Used properly, repairing pretty much anything with a sledgehammer will ensure it'll never break again.