An agent deleted the document and nothing could recover it

I’m a big believer in preparing for failure before it shows up 🤓

I run my own backup system. Even my clipboard has a long history (yups). Still, an agent managed to delete an important document. I pushed it hard, checked what it could recover, and the answer was basically: nothing. That was an unpleasant moment. It also made me think about the scarier version of the same story. What if this happened quietly, and nobody noticed until much later?

Backups and version history saved me from turning one bad action into a real disaster. But the lesson was bigger than recovery. In systems where agents can act on your behalf, guardrails are not bureaucracy. They are common sense. Approval layers, action logs, protected areas, clear policies. All the things that feel excessive right up until the moment something goes wrong.