[Outages-discussion] REMINDER: Error messages should include parameters
Jay Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Tue Oct 15 18:17:32 EDT 2013
Off the Yahoo MX discussion, just a reminder for those who write code:
*Always* include the parameters in the error message; pronouns and
implicit references are Evil, Bad and Wrong. The 30 seconds you take to
add the actual name of what you can't find/talk to could save some sysadmin
*weeks* (I am not making that up; something once took me weeks).
We now return you to your normal router configuration conversations.
Cheers,
-- jra
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