Backup Capacity Expectations Vs Reality

Content Devs can't pull Project. git on Windows machines because a file is named "Aux". What are our options? Create Linux VMs to SSH into Everyone can use WSL Rename the file?

Using Excel as a database is the tech equivalent of wearing socks with sandals - technically functional, but everyone who sees it will judge you. The moment you admit to storing production data in .xlsx files, you've earned yourself a one-way ticket to developer prison. No trial, no jury, just straight to jail. Sure, it starts innocently enough. "It's just a small project," you say. "We only have 50 rows," you promise. Fast forward six months and you're dealing with VLOOKUP nightmares, circular references, and that one guy who keeps saving it as .xls instead of .xlsx. Meanwhile, actual databases are sitting right there, crying in PostgreSQL. The prison guard's reaction is completely justified. This is a crime against data integrity, ACID compliance, and everything our ancestors fought for when they invented relational databases in the 1970s.

Content Run it again. Even if you didn't change anything. Just do it.

Content Programmers who've stayed in one job too long unwittingly setting company coding standards so where are we going? we're following you. 6. 52

Content Me: About to run an update query on PROD database My brain: "You don't need a backup. it's just a simple change!" Me: SHUT UP

Content YOUR SITE TAKES OVER 30 SECONDS TO RENDER AVE BUT IT DOES RENDER