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by bigiain 686 days ago
A "sanity check" is a test. Alway always always test that real prod payments end up in the bank account they're supposed to before whoever can rollback goes home for the day. _Always._ And document the existence/process/details/outcome of that "sanity check" test.

DAMHIK.

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Not documenting the existence/process/details/outcome is exactly the distinction that I intended to make when I called it a "sanity check". I was really just offering a data point, not a comprehensive guide to best practice.