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by norenh 1915 days ago
Sounds good initially, until you realize the ancient setup was there for a reason (for example a person responsible for quality assurance for a legacy system a few still use). :-)

Not saying it is likely, but from working with production systems that could have come from the stone-age I am too well aware of the possible risks of meddling with a setup that looks obviously wrong or too old to be used anymore, only to realize way too late that it was there for a very good reason.

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-Sounds good initially, until you realize the ancient setup was there for a reason

The "whoops" moment when you realize your clever hack wasn't so clever. It happens way too much, just pretend you have no idea what happened.