@dkub My recent favorite is a security component that is curved to a specific version for reasons, and will downgrade itself if you upgrade it… even if this puts it into job-functional state and breaks VPN posture tests. Because using the version we tell you is better than things working. 🤦‍♂️

This is further enhanced by WiFi only in corp offices, where WiFi requires VPN to function. Good luck downloading a component upgrade to access VPN! 🤣

#SecurityTheater #corporate #policy #failwhale

@Moore I'm talking about all languages with standards bodies, but yes, TC39 is particularly #failwhale adjacent. There are lots of reasons, but the post-ES4 explosion of veto players at the hands of strict consensus sealed the deal:

https://infrequently.org/2025/08/how-do-committees-fail-to-invent/

@kboyd @mcc

Early Twitter users made the #FailWhale a meme.

It used to be a common thing, and people kept going back…

⬆️ @ZhiZhu

>> "This is amongst the longest #X / #Twitter #outages we've tracked in terms of duration, and the pattern is consistent with a denial of service attack targeting X's infrastructure at scale," says #Musk.

So, from #FailWhale to #CrashX 🤔

Can't wait for it to #Xpire.

@jwildeboer Long time no see.

#Failwhale