2025-10-07
7 分钟What up nerds?
I'm Jared and this is Change Log News for the week of Monday, October 6th, 2025.
Did you hear what happened to South Korea's government recently?
A fire broke out at their National Information Resources Service headquarters,
erasing work files saved by about 750,000 civil servants over the past seven years.
The worst part?
No backups.
Well, that's not technically correct.
They did have backups, but the backups were also destroyed in the same fire.
This is why the 3-2-1 rule exists.
Your backup strategy should have three copies, two different media types, and one off-site.
Okay, let's get into this week's news.
The best coders should exit the feed.
Abner Quamber makes a compelling case why our biggest technical talent should abandon for-profit social platforms like X,
Instagram, and Reddit.
Quote, not as a moral crusade,
but because the platforms are crumbling under heavy regulation and cultural backlash.
If you're investing your peak years shaping public narratives there,
you risk reputation and creativity."
Abner has noticed four big forces pushing the shift away.