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We have 2 layers of testing environments and production.

I tested the changes on the 1st layer, bud since it was 5min to lunch i did not test on 2nd layer which is connected to the production DB. I pushed to production and caused 5+ websites to go full retard and went to lunch.

Came back to 19emails and 3+ skype msgs about "why the fck would you do that..."

Estimated damages nearly 20k EUR and i lost some permissions for two weeks, but my great boss helped me out and cheered me up by telling stories how he took down multiple servers too

plot twist: im the team leader of our office now :)

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  • 2
    Haha that's a nice story .. we all make mistakes I guess 😂
  • 2
    yeah, i was calling a file which simply wasnt there... frontend guy editing C# is not a fortunate situation :)

    remember kids, always test before push, no matter how hungry you are!
  • 0
    @Tommy314 or I'll lose an arm?
  • 0
    20k Euro seems like an unforgivable mistake but I guess they need someone to take the fall at least once to make sure it won't happen again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  • 1
    I laughed so hard it hurt at "... and went to lunch." 😂🍽️🍩🍵🍧
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