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There is a great story in Ed catmull's new book creativity inc that tells how the handled the time when rm -rf ~/* was run on the Toy Story II servers, deleting
by topherjaynes 12y ago
There is a great story in Ed catmull's new book creativity inc that tells how the handled the time when rm -rf ~/* was run on the Toy Story II servers, deleting 90% of the finished film weeks before the release. Not a problem till they realized the backup system failed. I won't spoil how it ended but they recovers (not technical solution) but shows how to handle random screw ups. The book is a great read in general as it showcase their techical achievement as well as how to manage a creative culture.
- 88trh 12y agoYep - nice animated piece with interviews here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL_g0tyaIeE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL_g0tyaIeE
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- orenjacob 12y agoFor more details, here's my answer in a Quuora thread from 2 years ago... http://qr.ae/sjteB http://qr.ae/sjteB
- orenjacob 12y agoAnd a link to one of the previous threads here on HN... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3972798 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3972798