Infinite loops and the True Meaning of DevOps (Forrest Brazeal on Twitter)
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/05
[Wayback/Archive] Forrest Brazeal on Twitter: “Multiple people on LinkedIn have commented on this to swear they’ve seen people DELIBERATELY SHIP INFINITE LOOPS to justify their infra footprint That, my friends, is the true meaning of DevOps”
which was sparked because of comments on his [Wayback/Archive] Forrest Brazeal on Twitter: “Not all “utilization” is created equal…” cartoon:
It reminded me so much of artificial delays in software to:
- simulate the software “doing” a presumably difficult operation
- prepare for a version that had “opimisations” to make “long during operations” take less time
- show splash screens
- show ads (aren’t splash screens basically ads too?)
Usually those loops were/are CPU hogs.
--jeroen
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