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The people, processes, languages, and tools aren't the root problem. The root problem is always time and money.

When some software is being built the constraints are much more rigorous, but it all comes down to the organization. The guidelines established by NASA for their space program are a good example of rigorous requirements. Boeing should not be unfamiliar with this concept and can certainly afford to do this properly. This move was motivated purely by greed.

What is your role in your organization? Some roles fit better for union support than others, imho.

Given two StartDate values (SDa, SDb) and two EndDate values (EDa, EDb) of a fully qualified date type:

No Overlap -- EDa < SDb OR EDb < SDa

Overlap -- SDb <= EDa AND SDa <= EDb

I have this written on a PostIt in my binder.

It's worth pointing out that any valid JSON value is a valid JSON document. There is no requirement or guarantee that an array or an object are the top-level value in a JSON document.

"I am a valid JSON document. So is the Number below, and in fact every line below this line."

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Yet another graph pointing toward the conclusion of "Tuesdays are the worst."

There doesn't appear to be any date on the site to indicate when it was written or updated.

Maybe. The elephants being born without tusks due to ivory hunting pressures changing reproduction dynamics are likely at a disadvantage overall, but in the short term they will survive. Having tusks may be objectively better, but right now it'll get you killed.