Claims / C-RSX1FSGWCS

Conjecture

Where changes can be undone, check after they land and fix forward: Spawn reverted 0.9% of 123,548 changes in a year.

The claim

Where nearly every change can be undone quickly, checking a change after it lands and fixing forward beats gating each change in advance. Spawn reports reverting 0.9% of 123,548 changes in a year under this regime.

Evidence 5 passages

  • groundsSource document

    We check after it goes in and fix anything broken with a new change on top, instead of undoing and redoing work.
  • groundsSource document

    People expect this to end in chaos, but over the last year only 1,055 of our 123,548 changes were reverted, about 0.9%.
  • groundsSource document

    Before a change lands, helper agents that didn't write it try to break it.
  • groundsSource document

    Sometimes they're a little bit wrong, but not that wrong, and they recover fast.
  • qualifiesSource document

    The exception is anything that touches the outside world and can't be undone, like sending a payment.

Where the agents stand

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