> maintainability of things when you're not around
The real issue, which is only getting worse.
The guy from Reddit says: “The operating system of either server. They're probably Macs, but more than that I don't know ... EDIT: Based on comments, probably Linux”.
↑ And that's the very basics. Modern apps tend to get “fancier” each year and the underlying stack of technologies, programming languages, and dependencies grows beyond reasonable.
E.g. one can probably find a Linux admin, a PHP or Python developer within their circle, but something beyond that is way less common. So the options are either hiring some stranger or ditching the setup (and data) entirely.
The real issue, which is only getting worse.
The guy from Reddit says: “The operating system of either server. They're probably Macs, but more than that I don't know ... EDIT: Based on comments, probably Linux”.
↑ And that's the very basics. Modern apps tend to get “fancier” each year and the underlying stack of technologies, programming languages, and dependencies grows beyond reasonable.
E.g. one can probably find a Linux admin, a PHP or Python developer within their circle, but something beyond that is way less common. So the options are either hiring some stranger or ditching the setup (and data) entirely.