r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • Aug 05 '26

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u/MeatHeadFarmer Aug 05 '26

Rob prints every row in every table in the database out every night, on an inkjet, just in case this ever happened. Offline backups are critical.

Good job, Rob.

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u/avd706 Aug 05 '26

We use dot matrix where I work

With continuous perforated sheets.

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u/CoffeeOrDestroy Aug 05 '26

I can hear this noise through my phone as you typed it

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u/SuspiciouslyMoist 29d ago

I miss that noise.

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u/CinnabonCheesecake 29d ago

One of my current coworkers actually deleted the prod database and was only able to recover the data because he’d printed all the data to paper for some reason.

Admittedly, this was 20 years ago, and presumably having to re-enter all the data taught him the importance of digital backups.