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 MirchiLover   ( @MirchiLover@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 5 months ago

Junior dev's code worked in tests, deleted data in prod

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Junior dev's code worked in tests, deleted data in prod

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 MirchiLover   ( @MirchiLover@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 5 months ago
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Who, Me?: For the lack of a little documentation, two techies did a lot of accidental damage
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  •  Moonrise2473   ( @Moonrise2473@feddit.it ) 
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    At least not as bad as that one that let some LLM to control the server then get pissed at it when it deleted the production database https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/replit_saastr_vibe_coding_incident/

  •  TehPers   ( @TehPers@beehaw.org ) 
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    First dev, seems like an honest mistake and not on them. They weren’t properly informed of the schema, and seniors signed off before the script was run.

    Second dev - it happens, but this is why backups are crucially important, and always test the code before running it on prod, even if it’s a short script like this one.

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      If you didn’t take prod down at least once in your career, are you even a developer?

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        I remember learning about operator precedence in SQL the hard way at 4pm on a Friday. I wasn’t popular that day, and I never made that mistake again.

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