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pc86 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: AI didn't delete your database, you did

There really shouldn't be any "serious and unfixable way" to break things, especially in a modern company that uses technology in any meaningful way. The fact it's even possible to get into an unrecoverable state is the primary issue.

Nicook 4 months ago [–]

That's literally always possible? The idea is to put up walls and fail-safes to minimize the chance.

pc86 4 months ago | [–]

You should always be able to either undo what you did or rebuild to identical infrastructure and nearly-identical data.

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