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How To Revert (Or Why You Can't)

Databases Devops Programming Debugging Backend

16 days ago 188.0K views 1 shares

How To Revert (Or Why You Can't)

The note screen says it all! Regular coding mistakes? No biggie—just hit that undo button and keep going. But production database migrations? That's playing life on extreme difficulty mode with permadeath enabled. One wrong SQL statement and suddenly you're frantically Googling "how to restore from backup" while your boss's calendar notification for your performance review mysteriously appears. The irony is the undo button is RIGHT THERE in the screenshot, taunting you with its yellow glow, knowing full well it can't save you from the horror of dropping the wrong table in prod. That's why database admins have the thousand-yard stare of someone who's seen things... terrible things.

It Worked. I Don't Know Why. I'm Scared.

Debugging Programming Testing Frontend Backend

2 months ago 190.3K views 0 shares

It Worked. I Don't Know Why. I'm Scared.

The universal debugging experience in two frames: First, your code inexplicably works after 17 random changes and you have no idea which one fixed it. Then comes the existential dread of knowing you'll have to maintain this mysterious black box tomorrow. The fear isn't from bugs—it's from the working code you can't explain. Nothing more terrifying than success you don't understand.