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One line of code caused AT&T to lose $60 million (engineercodex.substack.com)
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[-] cynar@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

Interestingly, this software was not tested. Testing was actually bypassed as per management’s request because the code change was small.

I don't think much needs to be said about this...

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

;

There I fucked up your entire codebase.

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