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Remember kids, "temporary", "just poc", and similar claims are NEVER TRUE (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was literally told to set up this new service as quickly as possible and it didn't need to be correct or best practice because this was just a proof of concept.

Here we are 6 months later and I'm still cleaning up my own mess.

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The motto I got from working at an ISP was "There is nothing more permanent then a temporary fix."

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Similarly, I’ve heard, “nothing more permanent than a 3/4 solution”, i.e. it works well enough that fixing other things always ends up taking priority.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

You should read the Red hat article about decommissioning a data center. Over the period of 20 years there is a crazy amount of works well enough and no one documented it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Case in point, duct tape and Krazy Glue.