What is on-call in Spanish?

In Spanish, "on-call" is "on-call": Una rotacion en la que los ingenieros estan designados para responder a incidentes en produccion fuera del horario laboral normal. El ingeniero de guardia lleva un pager (o recibe alertas en su telefono) y se espera que responda en minutos. La mayoria de los equipos rotan el turno de guardia semanalmente.

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What does "on-call" mean in programming?

on-call is one of the most common terms in software development. This guide explains what it means, how it is used in practice, and why it matters, with real examples from the developer world.

Definition

A rotation where engineers are designated to respond to production incidents outside normal working hours. The on-call engineer carries a pager (or receives alerts on their phone) and is expected to respond within minutes. Most teams rotate on-call duty weekly.

Example

"I am on-call this week. I got paged at 2am because the payment service was returning 503s."

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