# How I Dropped Our Production Database and Now Pay 10% More for AWS

<https://alexeyondata.substack.com/p/how-i-dropped-our-production-database>

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## What Jamie wrote

Yes you should not let your coding agents run rampant without "pairing" with skilled engineers. And these kind of stories also happen when you have engineers running your stuff. I've personally been very thankful for Oracle's snapshot capabilities on more than one occasion.

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