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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 307 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 145 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 85 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

Because that's how you get phrasing

[–] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 91 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Are we still talking about code?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 66 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wait, you guys were talking about code?

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

nsfw Kenneth Williams

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

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