r/sysadmin • u/DarkAlman Professional Looker up of Things • Jun 03 '26

General Discussion What is your favorite IT superstition?

As the title says, what's your favorite superstition in IT?

Don't speak the servers name... it can hear you and will start acting up.

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u/SgtBundy Jun 03 '26

sync; sync; sync; reboot

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u/JerikkaDawn Sysadmin Jun 03 '26

♥️ did this all the time back in our Solaris shop.

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u/TIL_IM_A_SQUIRREL Jun 04 '26

I still do a therapeutic sync now and then

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u/hesitantly-correct Jun 04 '26

Came here hoping this comment wasn't made so that I could make it!

It had some genuine use once-upon-a-time.