>An update to the private communications network that connects America's air traffic control system caused the system to reboot, leading to a crash and a communications outage

And that's why you never deploy to prod on a Friday.

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kilroy123 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Especially Friday the 13th.

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33MHz-i486 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

well is there a rollback procedure?

	▲	timacles 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		it could only be deployed from the servers that crashed

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konfusinomicon 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

and they said "wont deploy on friday? thats 20% of the week in lost productivity!"

	▲	amarcheschi 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have memories of my professor saying something in the lines of "it's computer science, if you make a mistake nobody will die! Unless you're dealing with nuclear plants, medicals, or airlines"