She deleted a symlink. She meant to delete a pointer. Instead, she deleted a database.
She wrote a note and stuck it to her monitor: A symlink is not a copy. It is a promise. Break the promise, and the filesystem won’t remind you where it led. Then she documented every single link in a spreadsheet. symlink windows
Here’s a short draft story based on the concept of a symbolic link (symlink) in Windows. The Shortcut That Led Somewhere Else She deleted a symlink