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xkcd #2054

Data Pipeline

by Randall MunroePublished: License: CC BY-NC 2.5

Comic: Data Pipeline (xkcd #2054). Transcript below.

Data Pipeline © Randall Munroe · xkcd · CC BY-NC 2.5

Hover text"Is the pipeline literally running from your laptop?" "Don't be silly, my laptop disconnects far too often to host a service we rely on. It's running on my phone."

Why it lands

The middle panel is the honest one: a silent beat while the pipeline falls over. Most data pipelines start as a chain of scripts that worked once, and the hover text finds an even worse place to run them than a laptop.

Transcript

  1. CHECK IT OUT—I MADE A FULLY AUTOMATED DATA PIPELINE THAT COLLECTS AND PROCESSES ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED.
  2. IS IT A GIANT HOUSE OF CARDS BUILT FROM RANDOM SCRIPTS THAT WILL ALL COMPLETELY COLLAPSE THE MOMENT ANY INPUT DOES ANYTHING WEIRD?
  3. IT... MIGHT NOT BE.
  4. I GUESS THAT'S SOMETH—
  5. WHOOPS, JUST COLLAPSED. HANG ON, I CAN PATCH IT.

Credits

Original
Data Pipeline — Randall Munroe, xkcd

The English page shows the original image unmodified. The Japanese page shows an adaptation by wtfe²: the lettering was erased from the art and replaced with a Japanese translation. The adaptation is shared under the same license as the original.