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What kinds of things to you guys like to change on Fridays? (self.shittyadmin)
submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by possiblylinux127 to c/shittyadmin
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Maybe swap out some production hardware or change some DNS settings.

Also it is a great time for updates

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

WHAT?? No changes on Friday! I revert all snapshots every Friday so no one gets any big ideas while we try to figure out why we keep getting weekly data loss.

[โ€“] possiblylinux127 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I feel like this could be real. Imagine some guy writing a script that checks a condition and then restores a backup. This guy then leaves and somehow that condition becomes true 3 years later.