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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever been on a project where the key per... by shoo on Saturday April 06, 2019 @03:48PM (#19592640) 

  > should have been using source control and someone else should have at least had access.
I agree. Leaving aside the question of if anyone else understands the code and could safely make changes, it seems incredibly negligent not to use source control and for the company not to have backups in multiple locations that multiple people have access to. Not rocket science.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever been on a project where the key per... by catdog on Saturday April 06, 2019 @05:31PM (#19593116)
Yep, being dependent on a single person might be unavoidable if you can't afford to hire a backup but not backing up mission critical data is simply incompetence. Doing it at least half way properly does not cost much nor is it difficult.
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