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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 11 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

SCP to prod, or ssh in and copy paste. Devops only removed write access to prod machines this month, and people complained. (No, we don't have docker)

I think they used Amazon CodeCommit for a while, but I don't know what that's like.

[–] tronx4002@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, I imagine that caused a lot of problems.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You would be surprised how far that type of thing can get you when the team is small and experienced.

It tends to explode when you hit a certain number of people or you replace a senior with a junior who promptly explodes the thing.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago

we dealt with similar stuff at our company as the design team grew. amazing how far simple systems can get you with basic practices and common sense.

now with triple the team size and a few less than extremely competent people, we have tons of file management issues, even though there are more processes in place to avoid them. I hate it.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 18 hours ago

I'd ask if you're at my work, but this is an amount of organizational improvement that they haven't yet been able to begin