I deleted a production database

I deleted a production database
And learned a few things along the way
Adrian Hornsby
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Mar 5
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A stormy day at workIt happened more than a decade ago. While I might have forgotten some technical details, I remember how I felt like it was yesterday.
“I am done. It is the end, and I will be fired now.”
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Principal System Dev Engineer @ AWS ☁️ I break stuff .. mostly. Opinions here are my own.
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