Man, that is really unfortunate. My heart goes out to these developers. I've worked with a few of these "do whatever works" cowfolk before. It is exhausting. And, as we see here, can ruin a company.
Personally, I'm getting really sick of the "software doesn't matter, do whatever you want, ship it" attitude in the industry. It creates a lot of needless toil because people do not want to learn how to do things properly.
Your software is your product. The primary cost of software is NOT the initial development: It is the ongoing maintenance. When you cut corners, you are taking out a loan against your future sanity and time. Higher quality code bases and better practices lead to stability, ease of extension, and more money.
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A while ago I was working for a start-up using Google Cloud SQL Server with Postgres.
I was relying on the built-in database backup functionality, sleeping peacefully at night knowing I effectively delegated that task to a higher power.
Then, one day, I deleted the dev database. Whoops! Hmm... I cannot find the backups...
So I go onto the google cloud slack:
Me: "Hey, where are these backups stored?
Them: "The backups are deleted with the database."
I felt a bit like Wile E Coyote running in mid-air after running straight off a cliff.
Needless to say, I dropped all current projects and took a week to developing a backup, restore, and testing solution for our product. WHEW. Terrifying stuff!
Personally, I'm getting really sick of the "software doesn't matter, do whatever you want, ship it" attitude in the industry. It creates a lot of needless toil because people do not want to learn how to do things properly.
Your software is your product. The primary cost of software is NOT the initial development: It is the ongoing maintenance. When you cut corners, you are taking out a loan against your future sanity and time. Higher quality code bases and better practices lead to stability, ease of extension, and more money.
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A while ago I was working for a start-up using Google Cloud SQL Server with Postgres.
I was relying on the built-in database backup functionality, sleeping peacefully at night knowing I effectively delegated that task to a higher power.
Then, one day, I deleted the dev database. Whoops! Hmm... I cannot find the backups...
So I go onto the google cloud slack:
Me: "Hey, where are these backups stored?
Them: "The backups are deleted with the database."
I felt a bit like Wile E Coyote running in mid-air after running straight off a cliff.
Needless to say, I dropped all current projects and took a week to developing a backup, restore, and testing solution for our product. WHEW. Terrifying stuff!