Toots from 2024-06-29

“There are a few reasons why we would have picked up the semicolon, or why it wound up somewher…

“There are a few reasons why we would have picked up the semicolon, or why it wound up somewhere in our languages. This is all speculation, but the reasoning is sound.”

https://ntietz.com/blog/researching-why-we-use-semicolons-as-statement-terminators/

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“The project manager will compromise quality to meet the predefined time, scope and budget targ…

“The project manager will compromise quality to meet the predefined time, scope and budget targets because this is the only way to deliver a successful project based on the definition of project success.”

https://www.ufried.com/blog/projects_considered_harmful_1/

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“However operating the crap was still very hard. Observability was really really hard and expen…

“However operating the crap was still very hard. Observability was really really hard and expensive. Discoverability was actually harder than ever because stuff was constantly changing beneath your feet and finally the Planning part immediately collapsed into the ocean because now teams could do whatever they wanted all the time.”

https://matduggan.com/a-eulogy-for-devops/