eli5: what does it mean to “delete the production database”?

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i have absolutely no experience or knowledge in IT/computer science whatsoever. i saw a post about someone who messed up at work by ‘deleting prod’, and apparently that’s a super big deal. google isn’t helping bc i don’t understand any of these CS terms.

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Think of it like falling over playing football/soccer.

You can do it in your garden (development server) with no one around.

You can do it at training in front of people who know this shit just happens sometimes (test server).

Or you can do it live in a stadium where everyone watches you being a fool (live production server).

Basically if someone deleted the production server they skipped at least one if not two steps and made a fool of themselves in front of everyone.

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