Who, Me?: For the lack of a little documentation, two techies did a lot of accidental damage
  • PattyMcB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    3 months ago

    At least it wasn’t an AI agent that did it despite being told not to, repeatedly. And then refusing to restore from backups because they didn’t exist.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    showed it to senior folks who said the results looked fine

    Did anyone look at the code?

    Also, what’s a “multi-type”? Does he mean he needed to check a different field? Or are they doing something unholy without real schemas and got burned because they’re mess confused someone! Also, why is a junior being moved between teams and touching production immediately?

    I have so many questions.

    The second one makes a ton more sense, and is pretty hilarious.

    • SpiffyPotato@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      The second one is a testament to why you should always run it as a SELECT statement first to verify you typed it correctly.

  • ZephyrXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    And this is why there should always be a human in the loop for QA despite how many tests you have.