Jay Gordon, a TechOps Engineer at DigitalOcean, shares his theory on the sysadmin mindset, emphasizing that fear of failure should not stop developers from using Linux. He encourages embracing failure as a means to learn and improve, rather than fearing it. To make failure "cheap" in terms of time and money, Jay proposes a development workflow involving on-demand snapshots, which can be achieved with responsive cloud hosting. This approach allows for quick failure/restoration cycles, enabling developers to meet low Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) targets, while also reducing costs associated with hardware and personnel setup. By using tools to facilitate rapid iteration and recovery, Jay argues that fear can be replaced with confidence, leading to prosperity as a developer and sysadmin.