# 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
Each link below is the raw markdown version of a post. The full content of every post is also available in a single file: https://aicodinghorrors.com/llms-full.txt

- [Claude Code wiped production database with a Terraform command](https://aicodinghorrors.com/claude-code-wiped-production-database-with-a-terraform-command.md): read full story on: https://alexeyondata.substack.com/p/how-i-dropped-our-production-database shared via: https://x.com/Al_Grigor/status/2029889772181934425..
- [This PM Watched Gemini CLI Hallucinate and Delete Their Files](https://aicodinghorrors.com/this-pm-watched-gemini-cli-hallucinate-and-delete-their-files.md): ​https://anuraag2601.github.io/gemini_cli_disaster.html shared by: ​https://x.com/thewritingdev​..
- [Vibe code so hard, your entire waitlist is visible in frontend.](https://aicodinghorrors.com/vibe-code-so-hard-your-entire-waitlist-is-visible-in-frontend.md): ​https://x.com/Sahil_Gulihar_/status/1946787529367179551​..
- [Entire database is deleted](https://aicodinghorrors.com/entire-database-is-deleted-cmdawnf93000t24yqw2k7hkf6.md): Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes entire database https://x.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802..
- [Vibe coding feels great until you get attacked](https://aicodinghorrors.com/vibe-coding-feels-great-until-you-get-attacked-cmbnptaj80000c07f7l494624.md): 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,..
- [Burnt $63/hr but worth it?](https://aicodinghorrors.com/burnt-dollar63hr-but-worth-it-cmb7mac7i003zzz54dffup4kc.md): 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 Cla..
- [AI went straight for rm -rf ~/](https://aicodinghorrors.com/ai-went-straight-for-rm-rf-cmb5bsdmj003mrrmgxb6oj80f.md): Claude really went ballistic with rm -rf ~/ everything. Link: https://x.com/johnlindquist/status/1926302544038338674​..
- [Total refactor in one call but useless](https://aicodinghorrors.com/total-refactor-in-one-call-but-useless-cmb4txhkv002trrmg1a6kafnk.md): 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. Cl..
- [A prompt that cost $9.39](https://aicodinghorrors.com/a-prompt-that-cost-dollar939-cmb3wv3jf0006rrmg2n2w0aae.md): 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 ~..
- [whine went wrong](https://aicodinghorrors.com/whine-went-wrong-cmb3wjpq30004rrmgxujn9ld2.md): Twitter/X user built an app with AI and told people not to whine. Then this happened. Link: ​https://x.com/leojr94_/status/1901560276488511759​..
- [Submit Story](https://aicodinghorrors.com/submit-story.md): You can send a link, story, screenshot, or anything via​ ​https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRm4Ab9QL2R-PJzDGXaqtKt63XeaRT_RGBmKHv2kSANMcO2w/viewfor..