Wheeee. Other notes and nothings.

[kyrielle]

So I got an hour or so in, in the yard. Whoopity-whatever. It didn't make much of a dent but it is something, anyway. Also got some reading done. Thank you to utsuri who pointed out that Nina Kiriki Hoffman has a new book (A Fistful of Sky) out. My library had it! I have a lot left to read but, as usual, it isn't enough. I wish this woman could write more faster and still have the good quality. :)

Sneezing now. Yardwork sucks. Allergies suck worse. May have to go back to the doctor, change allergy medicines. Claritin is not cutting it through yardwork....

Glad to see they finally posted what's going on with LJ. Sorry that, as usual, it was done backward. If they knew they were putting new code (memcache) live that could bobble, why the heck does the status page (when they think things are fine) say "Things are fine as of the posting of this message. New code is being added regarding blah; problems are not expected but could occur." or the like? Or something? Otherwise it looks like they are fat, dumb, happy and ignorant. At least that message would give me an idea of what was going on, too, and understanding does tend to calm me.

Without an explanation, the site just sucked rocks. Which I suppose it did anyway. Hopefully they've gotten the worst of it sorted out but I have no faith right now. The worst part is that I can do this to my customers in far more mission-critical apps and I really do know that sometimes These Things Happen. I just don't like it when they do, especially if no one on the boat has bothered to mention they were turning the motor on before it explodes.

Yes, I am babbling again. I have a sinus/tired headache and I shall probably get a nice hot shower or bath, then go to bed a bit early. I need better allergy medicine. Or to get someone to landscape my back yard for me into something easily maintained. Lovely dream, but I'm not quite desperate enough to pay for that yet....

Comments

[rahaeli.livejournal.com]

I update status as quickly as I can when something gets added/changed/etc. The problem is that when things go south, we're all too busy running around trying to FIX things.

[kyrielle]

I can understand that. I just don't understand why, on those occasions when everything goes south due to new features, I don't go to the status page and find something like, "Last updated 9 am blah blah blah. The site is fine; however, if you are checking this page due to problems, be aware that we have put new code X live and are monitoring the site closely to be sure there are no issues." Or something like that. When it just says everything's fine with no other info (or worse, says the problems are fixed, without saying what problems, while the site is flopping like a dog), it's hard to be confident anyone's aware of or working on it.

It's a pity there are so very few people who are in the know and not working on the issues themselves. Informing people is a useful thing but, as you noted, takes a back seat to correcting or minimizing actual damage.

I just wish it didn't have to.