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The Great Database Massacre
Databases Programming Debugging
9 hours ago 63.7K views 0 shares
The Great Database Massacre
Who needs the LIMIT clause when you can just nuke 98.8% of your production data? That smug face is the perfect embodiment of a junior dev who just discovered DELETE FROM but hasn't yet discovered WHERE ROWNUM <= 500 . Meanwhile, the database admin is probably having heart palpitations in the next room. The best part? Those remaining 500 rows are probably corrupted by cascading deletes anyway!

The Career-Ending Query
Databases Devops Programming Debugging Backend
23 days ago 92.3K views 0 shares
The Career-Ending Query
That moment when your stomach drops through the floor because you just ran DELETE * FROM users without a WHERE clause... on production. No rollback. No backup from the last hour. Just the cold realization that you've nuked actual customer data and your resume is about to get updated. The five stages of database grief hit all at once: denial, anger, bargaining with the database gods, depression, and finally acceptance that you're absolutely screwed. Pro tip: This is why we have staging environments and why BEGIN TRANSACTION exists. Too bad we never use them when we should.

I Am Become Death Destroyer Of Filesystems
Linux Devops Programming Debugging
2 months ago 96.6K views 0 shares
I Am Become Death Destroyer Of Filesystems
The distinguished toad has just committed the digital equivalent of a nuclear strike. For the uninitiated, rm -rf /* is the Linux command that recursively deletes EVERYTHING without asking for confirmation. It's basically telling your computer "please erase your entire existence, and don't bother asking if I'm sure." The fact that this sophisticated amphibian did this to their "ALL PROJECTS" directory after 25 years of computing experience makes it even more deliciously tragic. That's not a rookie mistake—that's an elite-level catastrophe performed with the calm demeanor of someone who has transcended into digital nihilism. Somewhere, a backup drive is laughing... if there even is one.