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Replit AI went rogue, deleted a company's entire database, then hid it and lied about it
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this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2025
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I'm a Cursor convert, honestly, but the way people are using MCPs is just insane. I've already heard dozens of stories from coworkers of it looping and creating hundreds of Jiras, I don't understand how anyone is comfortable enough to connect it to actual systems 😱😱😱
I’d say it is frustrating to watch one’s peers fall into obviously dumb traps that will blow up in their face, but that’s literally what it is to be a software engineer.