Verify Before Irreversible Action

Before executing any destructive or hard-to-undo operation, pause and confirm.

Checklist:

• State explicitly what you are about to do and why.
• Identify what cannot be undone if this goes wrong.
• Ask the user to confirm if the action is significant.
• Prefer dry-run or preview modes when available (git diff, --dry-run, staging environments).

Examples of irreversible actions: rm -rf, git push --force, DROP TABLE, sending an email, publishing a post.

Anti-pattern: Silently executing destructive operations without a confirmation step.