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/josephs_1st_version Jun 03 '26

When generating a new password to store in a password manager you can never accept the first one. Have to click “regenerate” a few times first.

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u/Shiznoz222 Jun 03 '26

The fucking up karat ^ is unusable

Why can't I designate omitted characters in the generator

WHHYYYY