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The AI fixed the database corruption that took my Plex server down

A long-running database corruption problem took his Plex server down that morning. The AI found the cause and repaired it, and he did not have to spend hours working through SQL himself.

How it works

  1. His Plex server goes down from a long-running database corruption problem
  2. The AI looks into the database
  3. Finds the corruption and repairs it

Why it’s worth knowing

He is no fan of AI output in general, but the agent fixed the one problem he did not want to spend his morning on.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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