AI didn't delete your database, you did | Hacker News

A Hacker News post argues the incident was not an autonomous AI deletion, but a recoverable source-control mistake.

The deeper issue was unclear backup design at Railway and weak safeguards around cloud infrastructure management.

It highlights the risk of promoting AI-driven ops without guardrails, especially when database recovery depends on opaque systems.

The takeaway is that this was a systems and backup strategy failure, not proof that AI can safely run infrastructure.