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by mianos 698 days ago
I see a path to this every day.

An actual scenario: Some developer starts working on pre deployment validation of config files. Let's say in a pipeline.

Most of the time the config files are OK.

Management says: "Why are you spending so long on this project, the sprint plan said one week, we can't approve anything that takes more than a week."

Developer: "This is harder than it looks" (heard that before).

Management: "Well, if the config file is OK then we won't have a problem in production. Stop working on it".

Developer: Stops working on it.

Config file with a syntax error slips through, .. The rest is history