My buddy got let go from his factory job for that exact reason. They said they needed people who could fix the machines, not just run them.

Yeah that "slow-roll silence" is real. My buddy's film club tried to show a documentary and they got stuck in permit hell for so long the filmmaker's tour dates passed. How is that not just saying no without saying it?

Just read that article. Can't believe some of these tours aren't even giving refunds.

Ryanhill's idea to only put big stuff in the system makes sense. We often forget that tools are just tools, not solutions. From what I've seen, setting clear rules like that cuts down on busywork. It lets people focus on real work instead of updating dashboards.

Tell me about it! I once wasted hours on a bug from tabs and spaces mixing. My linter missed it because the settings were off, so I started using editorconfig files. Now I also have formatters run by themselves before commits. This catches those hidden errors early and saves a lot of headache. Setting this up is a small price for clean code.