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What's your worst mistake / best lesson learned administering a server?

Posted on September 23, 2016

“Fail fast, learn fast” has become a bit of a mantra for entrepreneurs these days. While they’re not always as forgiving when their website is down, those of us on the technical side learn from our mistakes too.

We’ve all fat fingered a command or two, but what have you learned from it? Share your stories, not just of your worst sysadmin mistakes, but also of the best lessons you’ve learned from them.

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