BOFH: How our Covid ransomware protocol's Y2K blockchain lowered uptime
- ID
- 14125
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026, 5:29 PM
- Fetched
- 14 Aug 2026, 6:21 PM
- Provider
- The Register
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.theregister.com/bofh/2026/08/14/bofh-how-our-covid-ransomware-protocols-y2k-blockchain-lowered-uptime/5284585
- Source URL
- https://www.theregister.com/headlines.atom
Summary
- Score
- 1.0
- Created
- 14 Aug 2026, 6:21 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_coders
What happened
The BOFH humor column recounts how sysadmins fabricate uptime metrics for management reports, cycling through buzzword excuses (Y2K, blockchain, COVID, quantum computing, AI) whenever questioned. The piece is satire about nobody actually reading infrastructure stats.
Why it matters
This is entertainment, not actionable news. There is no practical takeaway for builders beyond the cynical reminder that dashboard metrics are often ignored by management.
Discussion angle
A light segment: do your own management reports actually get read, or are you generating pie charts into a void?