SWE ProTip of the day: if you have an operation that takes a filter as input, do not use null/empty value for “everything”, especially if the option is destructive. Seen this mistake made a few times already, don’t do it.
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Chosen quote: "Unfortunately, the empty set was used as a special value, interpreted to mean "everything." This means the automation sent almost all the machines [...] to Diskerase. Within minutes, the highly efficient Diskerase wiped the disks on all machines in our CDN"
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Oh damn, totally forgot about that example, but it is the perfect one to illustrate how dangerous this is!
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