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I remember how easy it used to be to drop an entire firestore collection with one click. Yes, when deleting your production data is one click away (the delete button was right next to the filter button!) it’s very natural to be afraid. Thankfully Google has improved a lot of these interfaces with a deletion confirmation prompt but can you see where the fear originates?

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