Hey guys! 👋 Today’s story is every developer’s worst nightmare… but it actually happened. Imagine this: 👉 You run a command 👉 And suddenly… your entire production database is gone Now imagine… 👉 Thousands of people are watching it happen LIVE 😭 💡 What Was Going On? Back in 2017, GitLab (a platform used by developers worldwide) was facing some database issues. Engineers were trying to fix replication problems. Nothing unusual. Just a normal “let’s fix production” situation. ⚠️ The Moment Everything Broke During debugging… An engineer ran a command to clean up some data. But instead of deleting a small part… 👉 It deleted the primary production database Yes. The main one. 😳 “No Problem, We Have Backups”… Right? At this point, everyone thought: 👉 “Relax… just restore backup” But here’s the twist: Backups were outdated ❌ Some were corrupted ❌ Recovery was not straightforward ❌ 👉 Basically… the backup plan also needed a backup 🌐 And Yes… It Was LIVE Now this is what makes the story legendary.…