Elon Musk takes over Twitter

You get a like, if only for the correct use of decimation.

 

In theory, maybe, but the tech companies I rely on daily (last count we have contracts with 3 dozen) in reality wouldn't last 2-3 days without ongoing maintenance. There are just too many moving parts operating internally and externally to keep even the simplest software running. Twitter ain't Craigslist.

 

Been there, done that — when it comes to working with a team that is suddenly 10 percent of its former self.

 

Hey if there's one thing I learned in newspapering: Make sure you're the only person who knows how to do a task and make yourself un-layoff-able!

 

Ha! We just launched that very internal project, which we call Operation Lotto, asking all stakeholders to catalog their tasks "in case you win the Lotto tonight..." I imagine it's going to be a tough slog to get people to do it.

 

Nothing involving computing is random — every issue has a root cause, and with enough work, said root cause can be traced. It is impossible, however, to account for every possible case and permutations of combinations of issues to have a solution at hand for every one of them.

 

We call it our "Bus Plan."

If Engineer X is hit by a bus this afternoon, how do we pick up the pieces (of our project ... maybe not the pieces of the engineer) and carry on.

 

I meant "stripping" out the company to make it "leaner" to create a more lucrative company, whether for sale or keeping.

 

Social media "experts" are rejoicing — their workloads are about to plummet.

 

A former colleague called it "spaghetti code": Even if you blow up something, like FNF said, traces always exist in the system. Much of today for me is cleaning up stuff from a CMS switch that happened in... March.

 

And Trump was playing 3D chess.