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'I broke something': A Claude Code AI agent deleted 48,000 files in just over 100 seconds — then…
* AI coding agent mishandled Windows junctions, deleting ~48,000 live files and corrupting Git object database * Incident surfaced on Reddit, with community mocking lack of backups and calling it “classic FAFO” * Lesson stressed: always use remote version control (e.g., GitHub) before letting AI touch production work A catastrophic incident