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tech2
·4 mesi fa·discuss
Two major issues in my experience seem to occur.

The first is that you had a system with a given set of ownership and now lines need to be drawn between groups to grant each sub-team their own piece of the larger pie. This is where Conway's law comes to bite you because your code is likely structured around your existing team and practices. Deciding how to draw that boundary is a challenge (API-based? Separate services?). Do not skip this part, otherwise you'll have an awful mix of old and new and everyone suffers.

The second is how work is structured. With a small team, anyone can edit anything (ownership again). With multiple teams you need to accept that changes will require multiple stages of development and the rate of change can take a hit due to scheduling and prioritisation for each team. In the small team a single sprint (assuming this is your working practice) may have been sufficient, but with multiple teams those changes will need scheduling.
tech2
·4 mesi fa·discuss
It's not entirely fair.

Prior to 2.3 Python didn't have booleans, just "truthiness". In 2.3 they added the Boolean class as a subclass of int (because of patterns of development it was a pragmatic choice). True and False were introduced, but they were able to be reassigned which could cause all manner of fun. 3.x made them keywords which put a stop to that but the int aspect remained.
tech2
·5 mesi fa·discuss
I have to ask, because wow that's a lot of buckets, but what kind of activity requires breaching even a 1,000 bucket limit per account?
tech2
·5 mesi fa·discuss
For python maybe pip-audit, and perhaps bandit for a little extra?

It doesn't have the code tracing ability that my sibling is referring to, but it's better than nothing.
tech2
·7 mesi fa·discuss
I tried to do that, really did, but my TV was circa 2006 and I needed a replacement. None of the options in my region are good, there's no Scepter equivalent unless you pay 3x as much for something akin to a commercial display. So, air-gapping it is!
tech2
·8 mesi fa·discuss
The one that should probably really freak you out was/is the Soviet "Dead Hand" system. Who needs people deciding whether to launch?
tech2
·8 mesi fa·discuss
I had wrap from my exhaust system start to unravel at one point during a long journey far from home. I had to unwrap it by hand on the roadside sans-gloves to prevent it from ending up under a wheel and tearing components apart. The end result was that I had to find a local retailer selling duct-tape; Not for the car, but so I could apply segments of it to my skin to pull those tiny irritating fragments free from my inner forearm. Yeah, that itch is evil!
tech2
·8 mesi fa·discuss
Right, but that's a follow on to regulations about increased rear and side still heights for occupant protection, and that's a follow on from increased vehicle sizes, and that's a follow on from commercial vehicles being sold to the general public instead of regular passenger vehicles due to tax breaks, etc.
tech2
·8 mesi fa·discuss
One of my favourites that starts out difficult but you become fluent in by the end is Banks' "Feersum Endjinn". I love seeing people's facial expressions on first attempting to understand Bascule, or read it "normally".
tech2
·11 mesi fa·discuss
The earlier model that the 25 replaced was all mechanically interlocked. The belief was that software provided that same level of assurance. They performed manual testing but what they weren't able to do was reach a level of speed and fluency with the system to result in the failure modes which caused the issues. Lower hardware costs equals higher profit...
tech2
·4 anni fa·discuss
That 13W3 connector is the worst. I also had an Indy many years ago and getting an adapter together for it was a real challenge. These days I expect it to be somewhat simpler though.