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> People love their machines...

They do - and HN readers who manage technical people should remember it. Break that bond and detachment will ensue. For example, if you are scaling up and getting rid of snowflake servers with cute names and personal history, consider giving the admins something else to bond with.

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It reminds me of how more than one watch company was able to restart its mechanical watch manufacturing after employees secretly preserved old equipment in their home or in long-forgotten attics and storerooms.

Would you have an article or the name of the company. It seems like it could be a good read!

One case is with Zenith and an employee Charles Vermot. https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/charles-vermot-the-man-who...

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