If I offered 30 minute free consultations to laid off tech workers to discuss how you can build your own product and avoid being laid off again, would there be any takers?
My experience is as a business owner for the last decade, having built infoproducts and software.
Not interested in selling anything to vulnerable people. Only interested in helping. This is an altruistic offer.
I run a disaster test scenario at least once a quarter where I restore the database of mission critical components as though we were starting from scratch.
It's taught me three things:
Restoring a database is a lot more complicated than simply unzipping a file and importing it into a database program.
You inevitably forget things, so build a comprehensive checklist.
Database imports take longer than you think with full production data.
On May 30th, I'm premiering my talk, Reaching Cruising Altitude: Elevating Software Development Through Enhanced Team Communication. This talk will focus on improving software communication using frameworks from the aviation world.
Join me at 12 pm ET (1600Z, 0900 PT, 1800 CET) on May 30th!
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Have you ever stood up, from scratch, a completely new version of your application in a production-ready state?
If you haven't, you should.
You may never need to fully stand up a complete production instance, but what happens if a part goes down like your database, your webservers, or your jobs? Are you prepared for emergencies?
@sarah I had to do this some time last year. Proud to say: it only took us a few hours, in part because we had copious backups and had trained for this. 👍
@sarah We do that, several times a year, one where we restore crashed servers, one where we restore single installations, one where we restore multiple, one for hot backup, one for cold backups.
Everytime we review the procedures, and fix any changes we encounter.
Join me for my LIVE world-premiere of my talk, Reaching Cruising Altitude: Elevating Software Development Through Enhanced Team Communication. This talk will focus on improving software communication using frameworks from the aviation world.
The talk is May 30th at 12 pm ET (1600Z, 0900 PT, 1800 CET)