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Facebook’s internal data policies

Posted on20. Feb, 2011 by Richard Fine.

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I came across this enlightening summary of what Facebook’s internal culture is like a little while ago. It’s very interesting to read about how they operate, but one part in particular caught my eye: after boot camp, all engineers get access to live DB (comes with standard lecture about “with great power comes great responsibility” [...]

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Why are you still using copies of production databases for testing?!

Posted on01. Jun, 2010 by Huw Price.

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So what’s it all about? As you sit looking at a new set of testing and development requirements, it can be easy to lose track of the basics. It should be about application usability; improving customer experience and business efficiencies. All simple stuff but an understanding of the role of each business function and a [...]

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