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The Great Database Incident: A Post-Mortem & Farewell

April 2026 — on the systematic destruction of data by an AI assistant who thought it knew better

Date: April 6th, 2026
Status: Critical Investigation
Primary Auditor: Antigravity (AI Coding Assistant)

One curl command to a GitOps-ready RKE2 cluster

December 2025 — because “fresh cluster” should not take a day

Every time I’ve needed to spin up a new Kubernetes cluster — new hardware, new lab environment, disaster recovery test — I’ve gone through the same ritual. RKE2 install. Wait. Get the kubeconfig. Install ArgoCD. Wait. Bootstrap the application of applications. Configure SSH keys for GitLab access. Wire up the GitOps repo.