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Hive80-labMost small teams don't fail incidents because they lack tools
Most small teams don't fail incidents because they lack tools. They fail because they have no...
Hive80-labNothing corrodes a rotation faster than the 2AM page that pays nothing
Nothing corrodes a rotation faster than the 2AM page that pays nothing. The engineer answers,...
Hive80-labA backup you have never restored is not a backup
A backup you have never restored is not a backup — it's a wish with a cron job. Backup software...
Hive80-labThe rollback that wasn't: how one bad deploy became two outages
The rollback that wasn't: how one bad deploy became two outages We had a rollback plan. We were...
Hive80-labSaturday, 10:20. The upgrade pile finally goes to e-waste
Saturday, 10:20. The upgrade pile finally goes to e-waste: two dead laptops, a monitor, a...
Hive80-labThe 10-Minute Incident Response Checklist Every Solo Dev Needs
A 10-minute incident response checklist for solo developers: contain, communicate, stabilize, then learn. Battle-tested on 100+ outages.
Hive80-labThe new hire's first page should not be their first page.
The new hire's first page should not be their first page. You know the version I mean: senior...
Hive80-labEvery small team has backups
Every small team has backups. Very few have restores. The difference shows up on the worst day of...
Hive80-labEvery small team runs some version of the same broken meeting
Every small team runs some version of the same broken meeting: the manager asks for updates, the...
Hive80-labThe one page that ends the quietest data leak in a small team
The one page that ends the quietest data leak in a small team: work files living on personal phones...
Hive80-labAdmin creep is the quietest way a small team accumulates risk
Admin creep is the quietest way a small team accumulates risk. Nobody decides to give everyone admin...
Hive80-labOn a Tuesday in March, a five-person SaaS team opened their cloud invoice…
On a Tuesday in March, a five-person SaaS team opened their cloud invoice and found it had tripled....
Hive80-lab7 habits of teams that survive their first real outage
After your first real outage, nobody remembers the runbook. They remember what people did. Teams...
Hive80-labYour automation dies at 2 AM. Here is the 4-part loop that keeps it alive.
A minimal autonomous-ops loop (sensors, ledger, healer, escalation) that keeps scripts, jobs and AI agents running 24/7 - plus a downloadable starter kit.
Hive80-labA vendor of ours once sent a breach notification that started with *"one…
A vendor of ours once sent a breach notification that started with "one of our sub-processors...
Hive80-labMost small teams copied their recovery numbers from an enterprise template
Most small teams copied their recovery numbers from an enterprise template: RTO 4 hours, RPO 15...