The people here commenting that this is outrageous have missed the boat a little bit.
This 'one line change' is an existential and fundamental effect on the company, it may very well affect operations otherwise.
'One line of code' can easily blow up a system, and the checks are not there to for the 99% of time time we are 'all good' it's for the 1% of the time when there is sketchiness.
Someone complaining about 'hard coded variables' is perfectly right to do so.
Every single element in this situation is in place for very good reason.
Imagine someone wanting to replace the lock in your Airline door, mid flight - oh, we'll just use a 'regular screwdriver' instead of the one designed for the door, who cares!? It's just an airplane!
The gripes are misplaced: the solution for this situation probably is to have a war room/crunch room situation to move the issue quickly and correctly through the hurdles so it can be done within the timeframe needed.
All of those 'delays in between' were the problem - they did not respect the urgency of the situation.
This 'one line change' is an existential and fundamental effect on the company, it may very well affect operations otherwise.
'One line of code' can easily blow up a system, and the checks are not there to for the 99% of time time we are 'all good' it's for the 1% of the time when there is sketchiness.
Someone complaining about 'hard coded variables' is perfectly right to do so.
Every single element in this situation is in place for very good reason.
Imagine someone wanting to replace the lock in your Airline door, mid flight - oh, we'll just use a 'regular screwdriver' instead of the one designed for the door, who cares!? It's just an airplane!
The gripes are misplaced: the solution for this situation probably is to have a war room/crunch room situation to move the issue quickly and correctly through the hurdles so it can be done within the timeframe needed.
All of those 'delays in between' were the problem - they did not respect the urgency of the situation.