> This seems to be entirely normal for startups I have trouble understanding this. Do these startups consciously decide not to have backups (for time/money re

> This seems to be entirely normal for startups I have trouble understanding this. Do these startups consciously decide not to have backups (for time/money reasons perhaps)? It makes no sense to me. I've worked at some startups and most senior engineers know what's necessary to keep production systems running reliably. That includes monitoring and backups. Could it be that this is entirely normal for startup with less experienced engineers doing things for the first time?