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gr366 on Jan 12, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pinboard.in blog - Technical Underpinnings

"A rule of thumb that has worked well for me is that if I'm excited to play around with something, it probably doesn't belong in production."

That has to be incredibly difficult to adhere to, but doing so probably saves a ton of headaches.

kareemm on Jan 12, 2010 [–]

Only difficult, I imagine, if spending time living life is preferable to pulling hair out in heroic acts of troubleshooting / bug fixing.

Since maciej lives in places around the world, it seems like a good rule of thumb.

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