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by white_dragon88 1103 days ago
It is in inherent of a good engineer’s thinking to always consider the worst. Problem is sometimes, it can come across as a boast, or out of touch. It’s neither. It’s really the manifest anxiety of the whole thing shitting its pants and falling over.
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At some point failures start getting measured in millions of dollars per minute.

It's smart to be cautious.