I try to always keep in mind that you can deal with any error except data loss. Any bug can be fixed but if data is gone there is absolutely nothing you can do

I try to always keep in mind that you can deal with any error except data loss. Any bug can be fixed but if data is gone there is absolutely nothing you can do. It's pretty easy to forget about keeping good backups because it's not particularly exciting. Testing regularly to make sure you can recover from backups will give you a lot of peace of mind. With that in mind, I'm going to do a test restore from our backups right now!