Anyways, this reminded me of the XZ exploit, the problem of measuring platform team impact, allocating sustaining engineering, ops work being relegated to junior team members, and the allure of One More Feature.
“Infrastructural systems are famously boring because the best possible outcome is nothing happening, or at least nothing unexpected or untoward. But nothing happens, and nothing continues to happen, as a result of sufficient attention, specialized care, and unceasing oversight.”
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Channeling Erik Hollnagel : “What’s happening when nothing (bad) is happening?”