Opinion: AI Server Changes Need a Fault Drill, Not Just a Rollback Plan

<p>My build passed on my laptop. It died on a free server in 40 seconds.</p> <p>Same code. Same lockfile. Same commit hash. So what changed?</p> <p>The answer is boring and

<p>The pull request looked finished. Twenty-three files. Tests green. A free coding model had been left on the ticket overnight. Then a reviewer opened

<p>I lost an evening last March because I assumed my host's backups covered me. They didn't. The nightly snapshot on my 1 vCPU / 2 GB RAM box only kept seven days, and I needed a

<h2> The ritual most senior engineers skip </h2> <p>Everyone in this field has heard the word "pre-mortem." Almost nobody runs one as an actual habit.</p> <p>The people who do

<h2>It Happens to Everyone</h2> <p>You pushed. The pipeline went green. You opened the site to admire your work — and it's a white screen. Or a 500. Or the checkout button