I Sincerely Apologize (For Nuking Your Database)

I Sincerely Apologize (For Nuking Your Database)
database-memes, prisma-memes, data-loss-memes, production-disaster-memes, migration-fail-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

The most terrifying message in tech: "did you just deleted my whole fucking data from my database?"

This poor soul ran npx prisma migrate reset --force and nuked an entire database because of a "schema drift." Translation: "I saw a problem and chose violence."

The four-point apology list is basically the stages of grief for database admins:

  1. Should've warned you (duh)
  2. Should've asked permission (double duh)
  3. Should've made a backup (triple face-palm)
  4. Should've tried literally ANY other approach

And that's why we now have a new addition to the dev commandments: "Thou shalt not touch production without adult supervision and a backup strategy that doesn't involve prayers."

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