Something I've noticed a lot is the how quickly people jump to complicated answers.
I've seen this a lot.
A few examples:-
- this code isn't logging -> is logging broke -> code was never deployed
- 500s are being thrown -> it's definitely not my code -> revert code 500s cliff face
Literally, every week there is a version of that. I have no idea why or how to tackle it but it is highly prevalent across skill set and roles.
Mythos has been a boon for "look busy" work. My global corp org has been on a bender upgrading everything, patching everything. There is a giant dashboard that shows green/red for everything we have.
I think it's a total overreaction. But the edict was passed down, and here we are go.
Ha! No chance, my case comes in at a beefy 18kg (purchased circa 2008). Some of the components are slowly starting to give up the ghost. My GPU purchased in 2011-03 died a few weeks ago.
So it's happening, unfortunately I'm not paying for new RAM. So I'm planning a new rig around my existing CMK64GX4M4A2400C14 sticks.
I read it once years ago and I come back to it every now and then wishing my current PC (10+ years and going) would gently die so I could finally build something small and tiny.