Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions

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Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions

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Coworker asks how you fixed the bug. You respond with "Ostrich algorithm" and attach a Wikipedia screenshot. Beautiful.

For those blissfully unaware: the ostrich algorithm is literally the computer science term for sticking your head in the sand and pretending the problem doesn't exist because dealing with it costs more than ignoring it. It's when you decide that a race condition happening once every 10,000 executions is "statistically insignificant" and ship it anyway.

The fact that this is an actual documented strategy in computer science textbooks tells you everything you need to know about our industry. We've academically formalized "not my problem" and given it a fancy name. Peak engineering right there.

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