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10 things that block your Happiness (programming.dev)

submitted 17 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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10 things that block your Happiness

Self-hatred
Not being able to let go of the past.
Not being able to forgive yourself.
Not being able to value who you are.
Assuming RAID is backup.
Not making backups.
Not verifying backups and finding out restore time.
Needing other people to validate you.
Letting other people define who you are.
Trying to be perfect and to please everyone.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

I recently changed my hosting provider and wanted to install the new server from the backups I've been creating daily for the last four years. Well, it turned out the backup process got stuck on a lock file in July, 2021. And the email process that should have notified me was broken too. I was so happy I didn't find this out in an emergency and spent more time testing the email notification this time.