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The Nuclear Option: A Database Tragedy

The Nuclear Option: A Database Tragedy
The perfect confession doesn't exi— That moment when you casually nuke an entire database with a single command and then have to explain yourself in the most professional "I messed up but I'm still employable" way possible. The real hero here is the 5-second pause before responding. That's where the developer frantically Googled "how to recover dropped database" and "jobs in different industry" simultaneously. Prisma migrations: because sometimes you just want to watch the world burn without leaving your terminal. At least they owned up to choosing the "nuclear option" — which is developer speak for "I could have done this carefully, but decided chaos was more efficient."

The Git Headache: Stronger Than Migraine

The Git Headache: Stronger Than Migraine
Regular headaches have nothing on the sheer existential dread of accidentally merging your dev branch into production. The pain is so intense your entire head turns into a glowing red error message. That moment when you realize what you've done and frantically Google "how to undo git push force without getting fired" while your Slack notifications explode with increasingly panicked messages from your team. The best part? This is your 57th time doing it. Either you're incredibly persistent or spectacularly bad at learning from mistakes. Version control: controlling your version of events when explaining to your boss why everything is broken.

Stepped In Shit

Stepped In Shit
Ah, the classic "stepped in AI-generated SQL" moment! Every developer's nightmare when they look down and realize they've been walking through code that was auto-magically created by an AI. That sinking feeling when you discover your database is about to be obliterated by queries that technically work but are about as elegant as a drunk elephant trying to perform ballet. The AI confidently generated perfect syntactical garbage that'll run flawlessly while bringing your production server to its knees. It's like having a helpful assistant who organizes your closet by setting everything on fire. "But it compiled without errors!" 🔥