# 42 things I learned from building a production database | mahesh’s blog

<https://maheshba.bitbucket.io/blog/2021/10/19/42Things.html>

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## What Jamie wrote

This is a brilliant list that any technology leader or team building a service should keep in mind. I also think it is notable that the first group of items is "Customers" and the very first note of advice is:

> [1] Keep your customers happy; else the rest of this document doesn’t matter.

You could almost stop there. But the rest is great too.

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