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The agent refused to delete our "dead" backend. It was right.

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A few weeks ago I asked an AI agent to delete a directory from a live production repository. The ticket described it as a dead legacy backend. The HTTP service it contained had been retired, the product ran on a newer backend written in another language, and removing the old one was the obvious fir…

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  1. 2026-09-21 17:31 · DEV Community — AI
    The agent refused to delete our "dead" backend. It was right.

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