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“One off” is never just a one off it’s always part of a class of activity such as server migrations etc. Just paying attention guarantees eventual failure when repeated enough times.

This may be acceptable, but it comes down to managing risks. If failure means the company dies then taking a 1 in 10,000 risk to save 3 hours of work probably isn’t worth it. If failure means an extra 100 ours of work and 10k in lost revenue then sure take that 1 in 10,000 risk it’s a reasonable trade off.




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