After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline
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After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline
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Re: After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline
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#3As a dev currently working at a company where getting an access request fulfilled can sometimes take weeks, I feel this author's pain.
But it seems like an enormous security hole, even with a codeword "password". The author didn't mention it, but I hope they're using whatever version of their company's E2E email encryption is for these messages.
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Mom, didn't we talk about not posting to hacker news when you're like this?
Re: After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline
#5As a dev currently working at a company where getting an access request fulfilled can sometimes take weeks, I feel this author's pain. But it seems like an enormous security hole, even with a codeword "password". The author didn't mention it, but I hope they're using whatever version of their company's E2E email encryption is for these messages.
Yeah, this is textbook "shadow IT" that could easily lead to something going seriously wrong. It's a fun example, but not something to aspire to.
Ultimately the problem is that in a lot of big corps, IT is basically unaccountable for setting things up wrong. Their only KPI is tickets closed, not the quality or success rate of their fixes.
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Wait, my docker registry has no authorization? Uh oh
Re: After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline
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Yes, all development is just backend web development and CRUD apps.
If you're doing anything else, are you really an engineer?
bwahaha.
Re: After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline
#8that guy is a fuckin legend
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#9I knew a guy who would brag that he used Outlook as his build system 20 years ago. Builds would take 9 to 24 months depending on the complexity of the project. But, as the CTO of a mid-sized software company, it worked for him.
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yeah sure....