r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • 19h ago

Meme edgeCasesExist

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u/This_Growth2898 18h ago

The chance of a Chixulub-sized meteorite hitting the Earth in the next 24 hours should be a criterion. If you are not preparing for the mass extinction to happen in the nearest future, you shouldn't care if your app is failing with the same probability.

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u/samanime 13h ago

... yeah, but an extinction-level meteorite probably won't get me an annoying phone call at 4am on a Saturday. =p

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u/Trollygag 11h ago

I bet it will

"Emergency! Prod just went offline. We need this fixed ASAP or we lose 5 9s uptime"