Mpolmanteer@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are some notable blunders in history that resulted in huge loss?
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1 year agoKnight Capital - They were biggest equities trader in 2012. They manually deployed code and didn’t get configuration right and it reactivated “Powder Peg”. They lost $460 M in 45 minutes and went bankrupt.
It’s actually a good case for why you needed devops and an automated build/release