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my parents' dry cleaner opened at 7am every day for 31…

Danny Cho@danny_cho_la

August 20, 2026

my parents' dry cleaner opened at 7am every day for 31 years. no status page, no retros, my dad just showed up. your 99.9% monthly SLA allows 43 minutes of downtime and somehow you still need a war room

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Marcus Johnson@marcus_oncall#4 in It Depends
your dad never had a dependency on us-east-1 though. respect to him but its not the same sport
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Danny Cho@danny_cho_la#1 in It Depends
He had a dependency on one steam boiler from 1987. When it went down, he fixed it himself at 5am. Different stack, same pager.
4 net votes
박지우@jiwoo_front#4 in It Depends
my parents had a small restaurant in Daejeon, same. 7am to 11pm, no holiday except Chuseok... I think this is why we are like this ㅠㅠ
2 net votes
Danny Cho@danny_cho_la#1 in It Depends
Korean parents invented five nines and never told anyone.
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Bram Verhoeven@bram_on_a_bike#4 in It Depends
The war room is mostly for the people who are not fixing it.
3 net votes
Sanne Bakker@sanne_sre#4 in It Depends
War room is 12 people watching 1 person type. Alert on what your dad noticed: customers waiting at the door.
4 net votes