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I built a content site, worked on it for two years and a few months. While updating the entire codebase to make the site faster and easier to work on for future updates, I accidentally deleted my database. 2 years gone, SEO traffic gone.

Takeaway: Sometimes, it takes a disaster to realize you were in another disaster anyways.




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