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Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You gotta be knowledgeable enough to know when they're destructive, that's the rub.

[–] obelisk_complex@piefed.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

Sure, but reading the article, I think he might be knowledgeable enough. His mistake seems to have been blindly trusting the keys to the kingdom to an enthusiastic junior dev who'll be very sorry if they nuke your system, but won't think to do a damn thing to make sure it doesn't happen in the first place...