When the API literally burned your database after a typo
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Posted on May 21
# When the API literally burned your database after a typo
[#webdev](https://dev.to/t/webdev)[#programming](https://dev.to/t/programming)[#devops](https://dev.to/t/devops)[#kubernetes](https://dev.to/t/kubernetes)
## [](https://dev.to/nomad-revenue/when-the-api-literally-burned-your-database-after-a-typo-48ic#the-problem-we-were-actually-solving) The Problem We Were Actually Solving
We needed a staging
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Posted on May 21
# When the API literally burned your database after a typo
[#webdev](https://dev.to/t/webdev)[#programming](https://dev.to/t/programming)[#devops](https://dev.to/t/devops)[#kubernetes](https://dev.to/t/kubernetes)
## [](https://dev.to/nomad-revenue/when-the-api-literally-burned-your-database-after-a-typo-48ic#the-problem-we-were-actually-solving) The Problem We Were Actually Solving
We needed a staging
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