I love Kirsh (Alien: Earth). Here’s another of his quips made when dealing with the loss of one of their hybrid synths after Boy Kavalier asks…

Where are we on reboot and restore?

Kirsh replies: –

Conceptually it’s possible.
Practically, we haven’t cracked it yet.

After the loss of this fictional 6 billion dollar synth is there a lesson here? Yes. It’s better to ensure your software recovery strategy (backup and restore) works before you spend too much time progressing your application. Otherwise it could be a costly, and embarrassing oversight.