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Work story: Meeting today — we’re working on a content management tool (CMT) with the CMT vendor. As part of the tool, you can upload images to use on your Web site. I’ve been part of other CMT implementations before, and had noted that with this version, you could overwrite (replace) an image with the same filename without any warnings. Someone who wasn’t paying attention could find themselves with an image that was completely wrong throughout the site, because they replaced an old image with a new.

Me: “So I see that this section allows you to overwrite the images, and there’s no error message…”

Vendor: “Yup. But we’re swapping that out and using the other upload tool, which will give error messages.”

Me: “Oh, GOOD. Something like, ‘Dude, you’re so overwriting this file, don’t do it!’”

Colleague: “See, Roe’s error messages aren’t just error messages, they’re error messages with attitude.”

:)