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		rrauenza on June 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Best “I brought down production” story? I was taught to also use a transaction and then check how many rows were affected before committing.

sodality2 on June 27, 2021 | [–]

As was Tom Scott: https://youtu.be/X6NJkWbM1xk

rrauenza on June 29, 2021 | | [–]

I wonder if archive.org was around enough back then to capture any of it.

chasd00 on June 27, 2021 | [–]

Many mistakes were made prior in order to get her in the situation to begin with. The semicolon was just the icing on the cake.

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