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Yes, I Am Being Intolerably Smug - Because I Ignored You And Saved The Project

The Register, Friday, August 2nd, 2024

The minutes before a maintenance window closes are maybe not the best time to re-learn obscure router syntax

The instructions on what to do at 5:00PM Friday are clear: down tools and prepare to have fun for two days. But as many Register readers are required to remain available to fix things all weekend, our team is commanded to use Fridays for a new instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column that describes dodging danger and disasters while performing tech support tasks.

This week, meet a reader we'll Regmomize as "Nina" who told us about the time she and her boss convinced one of their top clients - a local government authority - to create a maintenance window in its datacenter.

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