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What counts as 'shit in production'?

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Audience asks how Schirp defines 'shit in production' — is it just a bug? Schirp reframes: anything that reduces or doesn't contribute to the value of the software stack. A small bug that briefly reduces a contact-form conversion is acceptable; shipping the wrong DB schema that's only discovered five years later is long-lasting damage. 'Bug' is too overloaded — the red zone is what humans have to actually verify to prevent long-lasting damage, and that's what AI can't eliminate without being AGI.

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Anything that reduces or doesn't add value — especially long-lasting damage like a wrong DB schema discovered years later — not just any bug.
question What counts as 'shit in production'?
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Audience Q&A question at the talk.

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