319: My SaaS Server Exploded (& How I Salvaged It)

The Bootstrapped Founder

Earlier this week, I finally found time to work on a large code change. When I deployed it, things got worse quickly. Here's what happened, why it happened, and how this changed my approach to working on a complicated software project.

One thing became apparent: while it may look like a waste of time to build something and revert back to "yesterday's version", I got massively interesting insights into my product and my process along the way.

So today, we'll talk about setbacks, getting back up again, and how we can judo a failure into making progress.

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