February 07, 1997

Aphorisms for System Administrators

If you don’t have a backup, you might as well delete it now.
--Thomas Jay Peckish II

Don't touch anything you unless you’ve got time to break it.
--Thomas Jay Peckish II

Software never heals.
--Thomas Jay Peckish II

If it ain’t been tested, it doesn’t work.
--Thomas Jay Peckish II

Baby Steps.
--Thomas Jay Peckish II

First, do no harm.
--Thomas Jay Peckish II

Do the best you can do, not the best you could do.
--Thomas Jay Peckish II

Posted by foote at 12:44 PM