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That's beautiful. Thanks for sharing. It reminds of a similar experience I had. A few years back one of the systems I ended up inheriting stopped working on Ja
by ciriarte 6y ago
That's beautiful. Thanks for sharing. It reminds of a similar experience I had.
A few years back one of the systems I ended up inheriting stopped working on January 1st. As most people, I had taken the day off, but my manager called me to fix the issue in prod.
After much researching, I found out the assembly causing the issue. Similarly, the original dev had left and the source code was lost. So I used ildasm and found out the year was hardcoded. I patched the binary and went home.
Rest in Peace, Eric.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoSimilarly, the original dev had left and the source code was lost. This seems surprisingly common, I hear it a lot from my customers.
- MaXtreeM 6y ago> So I used ildasm and found out the year was hardcoded. Deliberate time bomb or honest mistake?