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What happen to your source code and database when you die prematurely?

I'm a solo developer developing custom web applications for organisations the size of 100 - 2000 employees. Recently they ask me for my backup plan if I die prematurely. I'm thinking of a dead man switch using aws lambda. If I don't respond to the email within 45 days, it will then send an email to the point of contact on how to access the servers and database. Is there any better way to do this?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you calculate development mandays? on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @06:01AM (#12035405)
thanks! I didn't know you can use Fibonacci in that sense. Will give it a try!

Ask HN: How do you calculate development mandays?

Hi there, recently I've been using promodoro to help me focus on my work. I found that I'm much much more productive.Given a custom CRUD module,I take less than 6 hours to complete vs 1-3 days before using promodoro.. what would be the best way to charge my client based on mandays? Or rather how do you estimate the mandays?I've seen a company charges 5 mandays for a navigation bar, it seems...

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