Despite multiple comments blaming the AI agent, I think it's the backups that are the problem here, right? With backups, almost any destructive action can be rolled back, whether it's from a dumb robot, a mistaken junior, or a sleep-deprived senior. Without, you're sort of running the clock waiting for disaster.
Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command
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#12s/Claude Code/unsupervised intern/ and it's the same story, except people might have more sympathy (for the intern).
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#13Not the first time i've seen vibe coders causing havoc on production systems.
Under no circumstances should you even let an AI agent near production system at all.
Absolutely irresponsible.
Re: Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command
#14Yeah, sure, blame Claude for not having backups. Sure do.
Re: Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command
#15s/Claude Code/unsupervised intern/ and it's the same story, except people might have more sympathy (for the intern).
But we probably wouldn't have given the unsupervised intern root AWS access, though.
Re: Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command
#16An engineer recklessly ran untrusted code directly in a production environment. And then told on himself on Twitter.
Re: Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command
#17You wiped your production database. You actively ignored the warnings of your tooling and your backup strategy was bad. Incompetence as content is surging in the last few weeks.
And this guy has the audacity to run an AI Engineering "buildcamp" and publishes an AI engineering newsletter. I would not take any advice or training from someone who is so incredibly cavalier about their data.
Re: Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command
#18s/Claude Code/unsupervised intern/ and it's the same story, except people might have more sympathy (for the intern).
Do you really think people would have more sympathy for an org that gave the keys to the kingdom to an intern? I think it would be the same "How did you think this was going to go?" conversation.
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#19Re: Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command
#20You wiped your production database. You actively ignored the warnings of your tooling and your backup strategy was bad. Incompetence as content is surging in the last few weeks.
Absolutely this.
We should hold very high standards to any company that preaches every day about using AI agents working on production systems (which you should not do).
Starting with the AI companies, then GitHub, and the rest.