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An Easy Fix

by Sebguer on 12/31/23, 9:16 PM with 24 comments

  • by yuliyp on 1/1/24, 3:48 AM

    I feel like the author of this must have installed spyware on my computer to build this scenario.
  • by chhopsky on 1/1/24, 4:44 AM

    so this is where all the views are coming from! glad you liked it :)
  • by charles_f on 1/1/24, 9:56 AM

    Morale of the story: if you want to make it, ignore slack, don't search by yourself, and expedite shit by altering data in prod manually.
  • by pomian on 1/1/24, 2:43 AM

    This was actually a fun little game. It opens a tiny window into what a whole pile of HN types seem to deal with. Especially interesting for those of us not directly in computer development.
  • by nolongerthere on 1/1/24, 6:34 AM

    2:00pm did a mix of safe and stupid. Still no clue what the actual issue was tho, so sounds like a regular day in the office for me.
  • by cpersona on 1/1/24, 5:07 AM

    3:45, but I’m terrible at my job and this proves it. You should consider turning this into a testing process for interviews. I would say this is a pretty accurate proxy for my daily work in finance related work.
  • by tjpnz on 1/1/24, 2:26 AM

    Played it like a professional and shipped at 14:30 - the bug can wait. How did the cowboys fare?
  • by JakeStone on 1/1/24, 8:48 AM

    That was fun. Got it by 2:00, but also played a few hunches with a cowboy move here and there that may have saved time.

    Still not going to convince me to respond to Slack that quickly, though.

  • by mantas on 1/1/24, 9:40 AM

    This hits waaaaaay too close to home.
  • by mikewarot on 1/1/24, 6:46 AM

    I got done at 3:08, but was still on time, somehow... 8)
  • by bbkane on 1/1/24, 2:22 PM

    I want a bonus after fixing that bug
  • by xbar on 1/1/24, 4:53 AM

    2:15, and I even tested my fix first.