Letters of OpinionBackups10 Comments
In my line of work, which is databases, the ability to recover from a disaster is a key part of the job description. Things go wrong. Hardware fails, application code has bugs. Users or other applications can write terrible queries that update, insert, or delete the wrong records. The list ... more >
EssaysBackups / Nightmare scenarios / Organization or the Lack Thereof / Tech Sunday31 Comments
Backups. You have them, right? Like, if it became necessary for you to restore your computer to the exact state it was in on August 1 at 10:19:04:154 AM you could, right? If you don’t have any backups from ever, or from last Tuesday, or from 10 minutes ago, you, ... more >