# About Name: AICodingHorrors Description: AI Coding Horrors is a growing collection of real-world disasters caused by AI-assisted coding tools like sky-high bills, leaked secrets, broken apps, and everything in between. Built for developers, skeptics, and the AI-curious. Learn from others’ mistakes before you make your own. URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com # Navigation Menu - Home: https://aicodinghorrors.com - Search: https://aicodinghorrors.superblog.cloud/search - Newsletter: #leadgen-form - Submit Story: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRm4Ab9QL2R-PJzDGXaqtKt63XeaRT_RGBmKHv2kSANMcO2w/viewform?usp=dialog # Blog Posts ## Claude Code wiped production database with a Terraform command Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2026-03-06 Category: Vibe Coding Category URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/category/vibe-coding Tags: Claude, terraform Tag URLs: Claude (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/claude), terraform (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/terraform) URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/claude-code-wiped-production-database-with-a-terraform-command ![Screenshot 2026-03-06 at 15.21.54.png](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/screenshot-2026-03-06-at-15-1772810520826-compressed.png) read full story on: [https://alexeyondata.substack.com/p/how-i-dropped-our-production-database](https://alexeyondata.substack.com/p/how-i-dropped-our-production-database) shared via: [https://x.com/Al\_Grigor/status/2029889772181934425](https://x.com/Al_Grigor/status/2029889772181934425) --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## This PM Watched Gemini CLI Hallucinate and Delete Their Files Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-07-23 URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/this-pm-watched-gemini-cli-hallucinate-and-delete-their-files ![](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/supershot-1753298888792-compressed.png) ​ [https://anuraag2601.github.io/gemini\_cli\_disaster.html](https://anuraag2601.github.io/gemini_cli_disaster.html) shared by: ​ [https://x.com/thewritingdev](https://x.com/thewritingdev) ​ --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## Vibe code so hard, your entire waitlist is visible in frontend. Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-07-20 URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/vibe-code-so-hard-your-entire-waitlist-is-visible-in-frontend ![](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/screenshot-2025-07-20-at-11-1753006031246-compressed.png) ​ [https://x.com/Sahil\_Gulihar\_/status/1946787529367179551](https://x.com/Sahil_Gulihar_/status/1946787529367179551) ​ --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## Entire database is deleted Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-07-19 Category: Vibe Coding Category URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/category/vibe-coding Tags: replit Tag URLs: replit (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/replit) URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/entire-database-is-deleted-cmdawnf93000t24yqw2k7hkf6 [Replit](https://x.com/Replit) goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes entire database ![](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/screenshot-2025-07-20-at-12-1752969390664-compressed.png) [https://x.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802](https://x.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802) --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## Vibe coding feels great until you get attacked Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-06-08 Category: Vibe Coding Category URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/category/vibe-coding Tags: DDoS Tag URLs: DDoS (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/ddos) URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/vibe-coding-feels-great-until-you-get-attacked-cmbnptaj80000c07f7l494624 My vibe-coded app got hit by a DDOS-style attack yesterday. \- Hundreds of fake influencer profiles submitted . \- Each triggered a submission email. As a non-coder, it was rough. ![](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/screenshot-2025-06-08-at-2-1749390345368-compressed.png) [https://x.com/mehtasdeepak/status/1931327785412538721](https://x.com/mehtasdeepak/status/1931327785412538721) --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## Burnt $63/hr but worth it? Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-05-28 Category: Code Editor Category URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/category/code-editor Tags: Claude Tag URLs: Claude (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/claude) URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/burnt-dollar63hr-but-worth-it-cmb7mac7i003zzz54dffup4kc Cursor + Claude Opus 4 burnt this user $63 in just an hour. It solved problems in 30 mins that they couldn’t crack in 40-50 hours with other models like Claude 3.7 or 4. Easily 10x compared to a senior dev. But burning $8-10k/month is worth it? ![](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/screenshot-2025-05-28-at-8-1748418648929-compressed.png) Link: ​ [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/copeus\_cursor-claude-opus-4-cost-me-63-in-just-activity-7332885994217562112-2bnY](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/copeus_cursor-claude-opus-4-cost-me-63-in-just-activity-7332885994217562112-2bnY) ​ ​ --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## AI went straight for rm -rf ~/ Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-05-26 Category: Code Editor Category URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/category/code-editor Tags: Claude Tag URLs: Claude (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/claude) URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/ai-went-straight-for-rm-rf-cmb5bsdmj003mrrmgxb6oj80f Claude really went ballistic with **rm -rf ~/** everything. ![Image](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/image-cp-1748278386699-compressed.jpeg) Link: [https://x.com/johnlindquist/status/1926302544038338674](https://x.com/johnlindquist/status/1926302544038338674) ​ --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## Total refactor in one call but useless Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-05-26 Category: Prompt Category URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/category/prompt Tags: Claude Tag URLs: Claude (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/claude) URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/total-refactor-in-one-call-but-useless-cmb4txhkv002trrmg1a6kafnk A user refactored their entire codebase in one call. 25 tool invocations. 3,000+ new lines. 12 brand new files. It modularized everything. Broke up monoliths. Cleaned up spaghetti. None of it worked. ![](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/img0551-1748248506510-compressed.jpeg) Link: [https://x.com/vasumanmoza/status/1926487201463832863](https://x.com/vasumanmoza/status/1926487201463832863) ​ --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## A prompt that cost $9.39 Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-05-25 Category: Prompt Category URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/category/prompt Tags: Claude, cursor Tag URLs: Claude (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/claude), cursor (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/cursor) URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/a-prompt-that-cost-dollar939-cmb3wv3jf0006rrmg2n2w0aae Someone asked Claude 4 Opus MAX in Cursor to build a simple website. It performed great, but cost 234.7 Cursor requests out of 500. They claim one request is ~$0.04, so that prompt ended up becoming ~$9.39. ![Image](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/image-cp-1748193076385-compressed.jpeg) ​ ![Image](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/image-cp-1748193140484-compressed.jpeg) ![Image](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/image-cp-1748193162563-compressed.jpeg) Link: [https://x.com/PovilasKorop/status/1926575271588610135](https://x.com/PovilasKorop/status/1926575271588610135) ​ --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## whine went wrong Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-05-25 Category: Vibe Coding Category URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/category/vibe-coding URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/whine-went-wrong-cmb3wjpq30004rrmgxujn9ld2 Twitter/X user built an app with AI and told people not to whine. Then this happened. ![graphical user interface, text, application, email](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/image-cp-1748192466138-compressed.jpeg) Link: ​ [https://x.com/leojr94\_/status/1901560276488511759](https://x.com/leojr94_/status/1901560276488511759) ​ --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. --- ## Submit Story Author: Sai Krishna Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna Published: 2025-05-25 URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/submit-story You can send a link, story, screenshot, or anything via​ ​ [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRm4Ab9QL2R-PJzDGXaqtKt63XeaRT\_RGBmKHv2kSANMcO2w/viewform?usp=dialog](https://forms.gle/RSZoSg5JhdAv1J2z7) ​ --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---