⚙️ DevOps & Platform Eng

I Approved That Ticket Blindly. You Did Too. Here's Why It's Broken.

Everyone thinks manual approvals catch disasters. Reality? They're four-minute rituals no one takes seriously. Time to code the trust we already have.

DevTools Feed Apr 03, 2026 3 min read
Engineer hastily clicking approve on a deployment ticket in a busy dashboard

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Manual approvals turn into rituals under volume pressure, eroding real control.
  • Automate routine checks with code to free humans for judgment calls.
  • Implicit team trust exists — make it explicit and scalable via systems.
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