Comment on: What's on the stack?

Ok this is great stuff!

1 13 Jul 2015 21:41 u/ShartAttack in v/programming
Comment on: Google's guide for becoming a Software Engineer

This is great stuff. I'm more of an ops guy (but with compsci) this is solid advice for a path into development as ops becomes more automated.

This is happening fast so I'm working hard through this path and it's working so far!

1 10 Jul 2015 05:08 u/ShartAttack in v/programming
Comment on: Hardest/craziest bug anecdotes?

Every 6 months.

0 09 Jul 2015 04:10 u/ShartAttack in v/programming
Comment on: Hardest/craziest bug anecdotes?

I just seriously killed like, 35 cucumber beetles.

Seriously though, I found an Exchange bug with Netbackup Infostore agent. I can't remember precisely the details but it had to do with Transaction logs of a specific notation being truncated upon restore. I was able to detect and describe the bug to Microsoft 3rd level and they issued a patch pretty damn quickly. Also developed an interim work around which involved a specific hack of the naming convention of the file to restore. It was pretty good I was able to detect this through routine maintenance, did all the detective work, and fixed it for my company before microsoft! Super bonus for not running in to this Exchange bug in a DR situation due to good practice!

3 09 Jul 2015 03:03 u/ShartAttack in v/programming