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> Bike shedding means no decision is made. That is the worst possible outcome as it provides absolutely zero value. And "bike shedding" is now a term that people hyperbolically apply to any discussion of something the labelling-participant doesn't really care about. A lot of times doing nothing is actually the best business outcome. Waiting until you have more, better information is great. Lots of stakeholders ask fo…
Well you shifted the goal posts. Storing everything in EST vs UTC isn’t great, but isn’t some business ending level problem. It annoys engineers and causes inefficiency. Unlikely to even show up on a quarterly report if someone chose to write a mandate to fix it. Once you get to the point of bolting on random systems that need to talk in whatever time zones is when you bite the bullet and change it. Yes, that is expe…
No, no, and no.
It causes unforced errors which damage your relationship with customers.
Burnout is a combination of wear and tear and lack of impact. Having giant footguns laying about facilitates the former. And I’ve been in arguments where people disagreed about time zone information and that is not good for interpersonal relationships. It’s not about efficiency it’s about turnover.