Biggest network failure in history, they’re calling it.  My stuff is on Linux and my employer is mostly on Amazon Web Services, so we’ve been spared, but it’s still a cautionary tale.  This tale is to the tune of Never On A Sunday, the version sung by The Chordettes.

July 2024

Oh, you can do it on a Monday
A Monday, a Monday, deploy your latest patch
Or you can do it on a Tuesday
A Tuesday, a Tuesday, just run them in a batch
Or you can do it on a Wednesday, a Thursday,
Deployments are sure to turn out well
But don’t deploy it on a Friday, a Friday, a Friday
It’s gonna go to hell

You know the way, you’re an engineer
And you earn your pay when a deadline’s near
Your upline may try to interfere
But ensure that day is completely clear!

So just refuse them if they nag you, they rag you, they bag you
They threaten your career
It’s not a good idea to chance it, to glance it, advance it,
When weekend’s looming near
And if you do it on a Friday, a why day, big sigh day
Well, nothing good will come
No never ever on a Friday, a Friday, good-bye day
Unless you’re really dumb!

Aaah…
Aaah…
Aaaa…
Aaah…

So just deploy it on a good day, a good day, a good day
Upon the internets
But never ever on a Friday, a Friday, a Friday,
You might have some regrets
But never ever on a Friday, a Friday, a Friday,
You might have some regrets