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Clock but the PM quit and was replaced halfway through the project. Handover instructions: "Make the clock hands show the current time" (lemmy.world)
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[–] pelya@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Seconds hand does not show seconds.

[–] Solemarc@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Polling the API every second, are you crazy?!

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

When an API request fails, the seconds clock handle becomes red, and the time health management microservice sends an alert SMS to your phone once per second (scaled with the number of clients)

[–] qupada@fedia.io 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I keep trying, but the clock only displays 4:29.

What do?

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

Task for the next story. For now, just file a ticket and shove it up your manager's ass.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

How will the system know when to poll the API if it doesn't know seconds?

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

It can just sleep(1);