Unless what you're getting is really explicitly spelled out in a contract, you should flatly assume that they're doing whatever they like whenever they like.
> The problem is - we are all required to abide by the law. And the law is at least partially determined by precedent established by previous court cases. But those cases are behind a paywall.
In 2026, this is similar to having secret laws, as your LLM might not have a subscription or know to tell you to get one
I'm sure this person's manager knows that having trouble getting PRs reviewed can (but not always) be a signal of a deeper problem. It could be that no one one the team knows the domain, it could be that no one like the person, but most likely it's that the PRs are frequently bad and no one wants to bother.
the hardware itself is still useful, but random failures happen every so often, so if you're trying to run a fixed sized fleet then your fleet shrinks when you can't get spares any more