The "Hypothetical" Database Apocalypse

The "Hypothetical" Database Apocalypse
sql-memes, database-memes, backup-memes, where-clause-memes, production-disaster-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

The look of pure existential dread on the senior dev's face says everything. That "hypothetical" question is the database equivalent of asking "how do I put out this fire that I definitely didn't start?" Running an UPDATE without a WHERE clause is like performing surgery with a chainsaw - technically it works, but now everything's broken. The junior just casually dropped a production database nuke while trying to sound innocent. Every DBA just felt a disturbance in the force reading this. Hope they have backups... they DO have backups, right?

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