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What is Picnik?
Early Picnik Operations:A One-Man Show
(mostly)
Don't Try This at Home, Kids
Humans are part of the system!
No single person should ever control exclusive knowledge of, or access to, a critical system.
Complete failure is not the only kind of component fault
When do you expand the team?
Sooner is Better
Acceptable Risk
Avoid adding a new SPOF with a new hire
Hiring
At ur interviewz testing my skillz
It's time to grow up!
Oh yeah:
Automate, Automate,Automate!
Good Documentation is Key
Things Change
Be Flexible
Next step: Google scale!
Questions?
Thank you!
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