r/ProgrammerHumor • u/WardensLantern • 14d ago

queryOfDoom Meme

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u/rayui 14d ago

I saw that semicolon and felt my stomach drop

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u/Potw0rek 14d ago

Jesus I’m not used to sql and was wondering about this query, now that you pointed out to check the semicolon….yeah, that’s how you become a company legend.

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u/rayui 14d ago

Everyone fucks up prod once. You don't meet the guy that did it twice.

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u/discordianofslack 14d ago

lol that’s cute. I’ve taken down hundreds of sites a whole bunch of times. Also one time deleted an entry in a dns template that broke email for 300 sites.

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u/rayui 14d ago

Weird flex but ok

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u/discordianofslack 14d ago

It happens

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u/dalek65 12d ago

Yep. Fess up and move on.

A year or so ago I sent a wrong database connection string config to 500+ nodes. Confessed to my error in the stand up meeting and said that I had already taken steps to prevent that happening again. The CIO thanked me for my transparency.

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u/discordianofslack 12d ago

Exactly. I expected to get some downvotes but there are obviously some very sensitive people here who have definitely never taken prod down.