diff --git a/docs/jargon.1.gz b/docs/jargon.1.gz index 2301c12..9533291 100644 Binary files a/docs/jargon.1.gz and b/docs/jargon.1.gz differ diff --git a/docs/jargon.html b/docs/jargon.html index 3693799..47bd05e 100644 --- a/docs/jargon.html +++ b/docs/jargon.html @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Free Documentation License".
-This file last generated Sunday, 02 December 2018 11:48AM UTC +This file last generated Sunday, 02 December 2018 11:51AM UTC
1. The simplest kind of test of software or hardware; doing the equivalent of asking it what 2 + 2 is and seeing if you get 4. The software equivalent of a smoke test.
2. The act of letting a real user try out prototype software. Compare sanity check.
++ When your system works perfectly as designed and passes all unit tests, but when deployed in a realistic production situation it fails utterly. +
n. An expression used to describe the persuasive ability of managers like Steve Jobs (the term originated at Apple in the 1980s to describe his peculiar charisma). Those close to these managers become passionately committed to possibly insane projects, without regard to the practicality of their implementation or competitive forces in the marketplace. diff --git a/docs/jargon.org b/docs/jargon.org index 7d9a553..ad24ba6 100644 --- a/docs/jargon.org +++ b/docs/jargon.org @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Free Documentation License". * Generated -This file last generated Sunday, 02 December 2018 11:48AM UTC +This file last generated Sunday, 02 December 2018 11:51AM UTC * Glossary ** ( @@ -6930,6 +6930,9 @@ adj. Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli wit 2. The act of letting a real user try out prototype software. Compare sanity check. +*** reality failure +When your system works perfectly as designed and passes all unit tests, but when deployed in a realistic production situation it fails utterly. + *** reality-distortion field n. An expression used to describe the persuasive ability of managers like Steve Jobs (the term originated at Apple in the 1980s to describe his peculiar charisma). Those close to these managers become passionately committed to possibly insane projects, without regard to the practicality of their implementation or competitive forces in the marketplace. diff --git a/entries/reality_failure.txt b/entries/reality_failure.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..12f2431 --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/reality_failure.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +reality failure + +When your system works perfectly as designed and passes all unit tests, but +when deployed in a realistic production situation it fails utterly. \ No newline at end of file