Forget replit specifically, what problem are they trying to solve? Leadership shouldn't dictate the solution but define a problem that needs solving.

There are no pros since they wrecked a database. You should instantly find anything else.

Pros: leadership wants to do your job. Chill out, let them do it, then laugh at them when it fails. You'll at least have a relaxing job up until they either fire you in their idiotic confidence or beg you for help.

Cons:

it's managed to blow up and nuke production

You know, I remember reading a similar story about AWS recently...

Since I've never talked an idiot out of doing something stupid, I focus on selling them my help "deploying" it.

My amazing skills can help their stupid shit make it past security and legal, at the low low cost of sometimes a quiet complete re-write.

It usually works because idiots are also bad at mathb (or just magic thinking, carefully ignoring that their stupid added more cost than it saved.)

Give them enough rope to hang themselves. They'll learn the hard way.

managed to blow up and nuke production

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