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Yeah being cute in error or debug messages doesn't work as intended sometimes. I've seen uncomfortable moments when customers called after experiencing downtime / data loss and were reading back logs that contained cute and snarky terminology.


> Remember: your "funny" documentation is going to seem a hell of a lot less funny when the functionality it's joking about isn't working.

https://twitter.com/stuartpb/status/508235714287259648




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