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That’s not a “calculated risk.” It’s just a risk.

I don’t see how the OP is paying enough attention to know that terrible things are not happening. Sure, he can roll back, but that only works well for obvious problems that he catches in time.

I haven’t heard that it is inherently dangerous to use popular tools of the normal sort without carefully scrutinizes every output. But there are many horror stories about the unreliability of LLMs.

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Backups should solve most of the issues. I've had some reservations, but if you think a bit about it, not that much can happen - if you have good backups! On macOS, your passwords are in the keychain and not accessible without putting your thumb on TouchID. So it cannot transfer all your money offshore, or order a thousand shoes.

Do make sure your AWS/fly/etc accounts have budget caps (a wise idea anyway).

No risk, no fun. I don’t run any critical website, everything I build is open source and verifiable. I’m my own boss. So, can do.

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