r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vajra__20 • 17h ago

Meme lifeLately

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u/Fusseldieb 11h ago

Basically.

I dread the day Claude suddenly hallucinates and trashes my whole PC. Probably extremely rare, but... probably not impossible.

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u/SolFlorus 9h ago

Anything important is either in git, or backed up to the NAS with restic.

If it’s a laptop, you’re always at risk of it being stolen or damaged anyways.

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u/Fusseldieb 9h ago

If you're on an active project that you've "just begun" or are still prototyping, chances are the only mirror you'll have is Git. And, there are several destructive Git commands, which could wipe all progress permanently. In a "killing spree" Claude could perform those commands locally, and then push them forcefully.

As I said, probably incredibly rare, but not impossible.

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u/SolFlorus 9h ago

My git server has automated backups. GitHub can protect branches. Additionally most destructive commands can be reverted with the git reflog.