Oh that’s beautiful.

This is the way.

Welcome aboard the good ship Tux 🐧

Yeah sounds like it was something similar. CloudFlare showed spikes in BGP announcements (the Border Gateway Protocol - basically how each network node knows it’s neighbours and the route through that neighbourhood) when the system went down. So Optus stopped telling the world it existed and everything updated around it, shutting it out from the internet.

Would 100% fix myself if it were older/more common. No structural damage but cosmetic and mechanical components - imported and expensive tho. Don’t have the tools or space to even start to DIY

(My old Holden was a fuel guzzler but made things like this waaay easier!!)

It’s an unusual make - an Abarth (jotted vup fiat basically) hence the repair costs. And five years old. Good nick. Logbook serviced. Would be out of pocket to replace (bought when first in market and more expensive now).

But yeah I have had that niggly, fish curry, not quite right feeling after repairs before on other older cars (even minor repairs) so I am timid. I am only considering repair because it’s been so good and I do really like the model. But I am being offered a good price and can survive for a bit while I watch car sales for a good deal…that’s why I am so conflicted.

Beautiful summary. One of my favourite classics.Theres so much depth and the conversation about faith between Ivan and Alexie has stayed with me for years

Code reviews, pull requests, sprint retros…these things exists because everyone makes mistakes like this.