If I Got Hit by a Bus, Could Traci Keep the Lights On?

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Uncomfortable Thought

Every techie I know has one. A box. Or a stack of boxes. Humming away in a cupboard, under the stairs, in the garage, in the spare room that was supposed to be an office. It started as a bit of fun — “I’ll just spin up a little server to learn X” — and then, quietly, over months and years, it became load-bearing.

In my case it’s a small cluster of servers running a pile of virtual machines and containers. And here’s the thing that crept up on me: it isn’t just a toy any more. The heating and the lights run through the home automation on it. The family photos — years of them — live on it. There are dashboards Traci S L glances at without ever thinking about the machinery underneath. The whole thing backs itself up every night while we sleep.

AI on Rob Sewell (aka SQL DBA With A Beard)

If I Got Hit by a Bus, Could Traci Keep the Lights On?

The Uncomfortable Thought