You're essentially on call 24/7, so better get used to it. If you travel, securing a solid Internet connection is your priority, and your family needs to under

You're essentially on call 24/7, so better get used to it. If you travel, securing a solid Internet connection is your priority, and your family needs to understand you can be called away at a moment's notice. And if you're on a long flight, it can make sense to pay up for Internet connectivity as well. As soon as it makes sense, you should start hosting somewhere in the cloud so you can offload at least some of the potential problems to SREs. I also found that moving your database to the cloud can be a good trade-off when running solo.