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232 points ksajadi | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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bigmattystyles ◴[05 Sep 25 16:40 UTC] No.45140579[source]▶
Broke the read-only Friday rule…
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jkingsman ◴[05 Sep 25 17:11 UTC] No.45140943[source]▶
I know this is a tongue in cheek casual comment, but this article is a really good and important counterpoint: https://charity.wtf/2019/05/01/friday-deploy-freezes-are-exa...
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1. tossandthrow ◴[05 Sep 25 17:17 UTC] No.45140998[source]▶
It is not about fear, it is about risk management.

As an engineer I have absolutely no issue deploying on a friday. But friday bar starts at 4pm, and after that I am not sober before monday.

So leadership don't want me to do it - which is probably wise.