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Feb 16, 2017·1 min read

Source? Mission Critical for most businesses simply means their ability to continue operating and keep the doors open.

Allan MacGregor

Senior Engineering Lead @Humi, Regularly writing about software engineering and technology

Speaking of mission, I doubt that yours is all that critical. At least not in the sense the term “mission critical” was actually invented to describe. You know, shit like if there’s a bug in the lunar module, the fucking space ship might be stranded …

Your software just isn’t mission critical
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