Set up a dead man's switch for my business

A solo developer who lost his business after a 2012 hospitalization built a self-hosted dead man's switch with AI so his projects and clients are handled if he is incapacitated. It has run for weeks, ships with 42 unit tests, and clients already cite it as a trust feature.

How it works

Describe the continuity failure he lived through
The AI builds the self-hosted switch
42 unit tests pass
Runs for weeks in production
Clients cite it as a trust feature

Why it’s worth knowing

Estate-style continuity planning for a one-person business, built and already selling trust to his clients.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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