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Who hasn't typed a risky command? Throw the first stone! (programming.dev)
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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 15 hours ago

I once read somewhere 30 years ago to literally sit on your hands when doing stuff like that.

I have followed this advice since, and confused a lot of co-workers over the years when i stop what i'm doing and sit on my hands while i re-read what is on the screen.

humans make mistakes, and sometimes mistakes are really really not what you want. everything that helps is a good thing :)