Logs of Duty: System Ownership

A comprehensive guide to avoiding responsibility at scale.

Rule #1: Assume it is not you. If your changes break something, it’s not your problem, it’s the owner who didn’t review carefully enough.

Rule #2: Ask who the owner is in Slack. And enjoy watching three teams tag three other teams.

Rule #3: Check the Git history. The last commit was six months ago by someone who has already left the company. So is code re…