• peanutbutter_gas@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I had a feature request come down the pipeline that said, “We need this computer to send a notification out to other nodes on the network in the event it loses power.”

    I thought it was just a poorly worded health polling feature. I was wrong. They literally wanted a dead computer to send out a message.

    It took me asking them to send me a text message after turning off their phones before they realized the issue.

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      1 year ago

      That was an extremely good way to pose your analogy. It’s important, as a technical worker, to realize that things that are obvious to you aren’t as obvious to everyone else.

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      1 year ago

      I probably don’t know the full context. A cheap uninterruptible power supply (UPS) costs like $50 to $100 and does exactly what they asked for, doesn’t it?

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        Oh my sweety, the client has refused to buy a UPS or make any change whatsoever to make the solution viable, because they are dicks.

        I’m considering an entire career change so I don’t have to deal with shit like this anymore.