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Systems administrator poster. He drinks from a mug reading CAFFEINE KEEPS THE REALM UP in front of a server rack labelled ODIN, THOR, FREYA, HEIMDALL, TYR and BALDUR. The one marked LOKI is red and offline. A sticky note reads LOKI IS A FEATURE NOT A BUG. The firm's line: "Drives operational excellence through resilient, scalable infrastructure." Also true: Named every server after a Norse god. Nobody remembers the IP addresses. Everybody remembers that Loki is down. Current status: "Paged at 03:40. It is back up."

Systems administrator

Drives operational excellence through resilient, scalable infrastructure.

Named every server after a Norse god. Nobody remembers the IP addresses. Everybody remembers that Loki is down.

Paged at 03:40. It is back up.