Gnah' fuck fuck fuck, I just finished a huuuuge project that i've put stupidly large hours into (did 107 hours in 10 working days)....
.... I just finished it last night, just was about to put my stamp on it, and there has been a massive server failure and i've lost a shitload of work; 'cus on this framwork you have to work directly on the server, you can't work locally. And there was no backup 'cus its a stage env. I think it'll only take me 2-3 days to recreate it, 'cus I've got some stuff saved, but still..... I was looking forward to everyone going "HOLY SHIT YOU'RE AWESOME" on monday =(
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 16:11, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

but you are awesome

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 16:20, Reply)

^this

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 28 Apr 2013, 16:32, Reply)

Aww, thanks guys.
I'll show you lot all the wonderful work when it's sorted !
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 16:52, Reply)

Somebody has a development framework that allows work to be lost due to a server failure?
In 2013?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHOOOOOOHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I'm totes sympathetic and that but ... ahahahahahahahaha. No. I just can't find space for the sympathy because my face is totally full of scorn and derision. Soz.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 17:38, Reply)

you really are a dullard

( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 17:42, Reply)

Probs.
But I'm not the one who just wasted three days of his life on work that has been needlessly thrown away.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 17:55, Reply)

I've seen you on facebook, you've wasted WAY more than 3 days in your life.
I wouldn't say it was needlessly thrown away.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 17:58, Reply)

I once lost about six months of work because a rocket exploded on take off.
If you're going to lose work you should do it with massive billion-dollar explosions and not a rack overheating in Slough.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 18:02, Reply)

Gonzo loves hot racks. Hurhurhur

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 18:04, Reply)

If you got your calculations better, maybe you wouldn't have failed at your task so expediently.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 18:14, Reply)

I didn't have anything to do with the rocket.
My stuff was in the payload. So I suppose it's now spread across a thousand acres of French Guiana or sutin.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 18:40, Reply)

I'm not entirely sure you're aware of all the prerequisites...
... but yeah', in the framework you work directly on the server. It's a single-use development server that gets thrown away when I'm done. I'm not in charge of the servers, I just work off them.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 17:57, Reply)

I'm not super duper interesting in the details
but any development process that allows you to lose a non-negligible amount of work because of a server failure is shit. Not 'arguably shit' or 'a compromise because of la-di-da'. It is fundamentally and inexcusably shit.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 18:01, Reply)

It's not ideal, but for the rareity of this happening, is it worth (all the time) the budget and time setting up a backup system for a single-use server-space for every dev for every client?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 18:08, Reply)

Dunno.
It's your life.

But real software development would never do anything so ... 1970s.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 28 Apr 2013, 18:41, Reply)