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rm -rf /usr due to typo (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Buckshot@programming.dev 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We've all done that at some point.

That sinking feeling when your quick update doesn't return immediately.

Good to get into the habit of wrapping your queries in a begin transaction/rollback until you verify the result 😁

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I was never able to fully form the habit with transactions. The guardrails I use are writing the where clause first and keeping my query tool in read-only mode for prod connections and only disabling it once I'm sure I need to make a change.