Do Not Delete: A Novella - Couverture souple

West, Gregory D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798175135412

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Carol Bennett made a spreadsheet in 1999 because the government’s new logistics system couldn’t produce a report due on Tuesday. Her fix was supposed to be temporary.

Twenty-five years later, the spreadsheet is critical infrastructure. No one knows everything it does. Several offices depend on its numbers, and the rules for keeping it running make it nearly impossible to replace. Then a routine cybersecurity cleanup deletes a worksheet labeled DO_NOT_DELETE.

The resulting errors travel through purchasing systems, freight schedules, utilities, banks, and international networks. Each agency follows its procedures. Each meeting produces a new theory. Soon the people trying to prevent a global attack are treating “CAROL” as the name of a mysterious adversary.

Recently retired IT contractor Charlie Waters knows where to begin: find out what changed. Unfortunately, that means getting past everyone authorized to help.

Do Not Delete! is a satirical, comic novella about how a sensible temporary fix became permanent, and how an organization can turn one deleted worksheet into a worldwide emergency.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798175135412
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg