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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Bruno Ferreira

Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant

Desperate developer.

Everyone loves a good story about agent bots gone wrong, and those often come with a bit of schadenfreude towards our virtual companions. Sometimes, though, the errors can be attributed to improper supervision, as was the case of Alexey Grigorev, who was brave enough to detail how he got Claude Code to wipe years' worth of records on a website, including the recovery snapshots.

The story begins when Grigorev wanted to move his website, AI Shipping Labs, to AWS and have it share the same infrastructure as DataTalks.Club. Claude itself advised against that option, but Grigorev considered it wasn't worth the hassle or cost of keeping two separate setups.

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