Bad timing - Google and gMail
From
TechCrunch:
Talk About Timing: Google�s Reliability Team Sat Down For An AMA Right Before Gmail Exploded
Heh. Worst. timing. ever.
About an hour ago, a bunch of the engineers responsible for keeping Google alive sat down to answer questions on reddit.
Know what else happened about an hour ago? Gmail and Google+ went down around the world.
According to their previous AMA from a year ago, the team (which Google calls the �Site Reliability� team, or SRE) is �responsible for the 24�7 operation of Google.com, as well as the technical infrastructure behind many other Google products such as GMail, Maps, G+ and other stuff you know and love.�
A coincidence, almost certainly. But a pretty damn funny one. Only four members of the reliability team took place in the AMA, and you can be damned sure that Google employs more than four people to keep their many millions of servers from catching on fire. As you might expect, the very top comment in the post (and dozens of others down the page) pokes fun over the unfortunate timing.
DERP! The irony is strong here...
AMA is a TLA for
Ask Me Anything -- Reddit's interview application.
TLA? Three Letter Acronym.
Posted by DaveH at January 24, 2014 2:59 PM