It’s 8 a.m. and I hear kids in the neighborhood screaming.

No, not a real-life horror movie.

It’s Atlanta and there’s an inch of snow on the ground, so school is cancelled.

My office is a winter wonderland.

(I work outside all the time — even in the winter with a heater).

I was woken up this morning by a Snow Storm Warning alert . . .

And it made me realize . . . the only time that happens is when there’s a snowstorm.

Whatever automation they have for sending snow storm alerts in Atlanta happens only . . . 3-5 days a year.

That means — they have 360 days to make sure they work.

When we setup automations for our business, we typically tend to “set it and forget it.”

And then we need it . . . and it doesn’t work. It throws an error.

Why did it break?

• API key changed or expired

• The software functionality changed

• The automation software functionality changed

• Insert reason here: ________________

There are a million reasons why it could break.

We need to make sure that we are periodically validating our automations, especially ones that run infrequently.

So my question for you . . . are YOUR snow storm alerts ready and tested?

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