Expecting Failure
Crossposted from schestowitz.com
Some things would not happen to technology (tech) experts because they know how things work and what to expect (or watch out for)
In the past 2+ decades I did not lose data. Prior to that I only lost things I did not value, like old and mostly meaningless E-mails from the 1990s (not MP3s, I had those backed up). I make regular backups, I keep a spare machine in case the main one fails, and I maintain the hardware to make sure it works or be fully aware when it is about to fail. When my storage device finally failed in January 2023, for example, I had already prepared for it for about 12 months because there were warning signs. I no longer stored on it anything essential. Likewise, in 2020, I moved away from "ted" when it was giving some warnings, so when "ted" (used by me since 2013) finally died nothing of value was lost and no time wasted. I also keep external backups and we have fire extinguishing kits just in case.
People who have been around in tech for a long time and properly understand tech prepare for disasters in advance. So they don't become disasters at all, they just involve a bit of work (to get fully back to speed). █