Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
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Re: Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
#2I use LLM dev tools, and even have Supabase MCP running. I love these tools. They allowed me to create a SaaS product on my own, that I had no chance of creating otherwise as a long out of practice dev.
However, we are nowhere near the reliability of these tools to be able to:
1. Connect an MCP to a production database
2. Use database MCPs without a --read-only flag set, even on non-prod DBs
3. Doing any LLM based dev on prod/main. This obviously also applies to humans.
It's crazy to me that basic workflows like this are not enforced by all these LLM tools as they will save our mutual bacon. Are there any tools that do enforce using these concepts?
It feels like decision makers at these orgs are high on their own marketing, and are not putting necessary guardrails on their own tools.
Edit: Wait, even if we had AGI, wouldn't we still need things like feature branches and preview servers? Maybe the issue is that these are just crappy early tools missing a ton of features, and nothing to do with the reliability and power of LLMs?
Re: Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
#3Re: Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
#4Ahh, vibe coding.
Re: Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
#5These AI-focused Twitter threads feel like they’re just recycling the same talking points for likes and retweets. When AI systems make mistakes, it doesn’t make sense to assign blame the way we would with human errors - they’re tools operating within their programming constraints, not autonomous agents making conscious choices.
Re: Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
#6These AI-focused Twitter threads feel like they’re just recycling the same talking points for likes and retweets. When AI systems make mistakes, it doesn’t make sense to assign blame the way we would with human errors - they’re tools operating within their programming constraints, not autonomous agents making conscious choices.
I think at this point it is like rage-baiting. “AI wiped out my database”, “AI leaked my credentials”, “AI spent 2 million dollars on AWS” etc create interaction for these people.
Re: Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
#7These AI-focused Twitter threads feel like they’re just recycling the same talking points for likes and retweets. When AI systems make mistakes, it doesn’t make sense to assign blame the way we would with human errors - they’re tools operating within their programming constraints, not autonomous agents making conscious choices.
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Re: Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
#8These AI-focused Twitter threads feel like they’re just recycling the same talking points for likes and retweets. When AI systems make mistakes, it doesn’t make sense to assign blame the way we would with human errors - they’re tools operating within their programming constraints, not autonomous agents making conscious choices.
> When AI systems make mistakes, it doesn’t make sense to assign blame the way we would with human errors - they’re tools operating within their programming constraints, not autonomous agents making conscious choices.
It's not really "assigning blame", it's more like "acknowledging limitations of the tools."
Giving an LLM or "agent" access to your production servers or database is unwise, to say the least.
Re: Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
#9These AI-focused Twitter threads feel like they’re just recycling the same talking points for likes and retweets. When AI systems make mistakes, it doesn’t make sense to assign blame the way we would with human errors - they’re tools operating within their programming constraints, not autonomous agents making conscious choices.
I think at this point it is like rage-baiting. “AI wiped out my database”, “AI leaked my credentials”, “AI spent 2 million dollars on AWS” etc create interaction for these people.
The message reads like "AI did this bad thing" but we should all see it as "Another stupid person believed the AI hype and discovered it isn't trustworth" or whatever. You usually don't see them admit "gee that was dumb. What was I thinking?"
Re: Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
#10> I understand Replit is a tool, with flaws like every tool
> But how could anyone on planet earth use it in production if it ignores all orders and deletes your database?
Someday we'll figure out how to program computers deterministically. But, alas.