Late at night, I decided to “quickly” improve my n8n setup with help from ChatGPT. One small suggestion turned into a full disaster — I lost all my workflows in minutes. In this video, I’ll break down what went wrong, how SQLite and Docker volumes work, and how to actually set up Git and database backups the right way.
Learn from my mistakes — don’t let an AI crash your project.
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00:00 – 02:50 What happened?
02:51 – 05:50 Full chronicle of disaster
05:50 – 09:06 How to create backup manually
09:06 – 10:17 – How to automate backup
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