The funny thing about this is the idea that west coast engineers actually start work at or before 9am

I'm rarely in before 9AM. The 10 minute standup at 10:30 AM is the only daily requirement for most staff.

I bet a bunch of PR's were built up from the weekend which weren't deployed, and some guy who came in at 9 decided to deploy them and broke things. Always scary to be the one to deploy if no one has deployed in a while.