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Comment by coderjames

I think it might be a organizational architecture that needs to change.

> However, we have never before applied a killswitch to a rule with an action of “execute”.

> This is a straightforward error in the code, which had existed undetected for many years

So they shipped an untested configuration change that triggered untested code straight to production. This is "tell me you have no tests without telling me you have no tests" level of facepalm. I work on safety-critical software where if we had this type of quality escape both internal auditors and external regulators would be breathing down our necks wondering how our engineering process failed and let this through. They need to rearchitect their org to put greater emphasis on verification and software quality assurance.

parent coderjames 11 months ago

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