Mysql

I made a rookie mistake. I built a Telegram bot that fetches top stories from Lobste.rs — ones scoring above a threshold I set. Straightforward enough. The problem was deployment. I’m not great at setting up servers, so I turned to AI for help. I don’t usually accept AI output blindly, but this time I did, and it gave me this: # docker-compose.yml services: db: image: mysql:8.0 restart: unless-stopped environment: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpassword MYSQL_DATABASE: ${MYSQL_DB:-lobster_bot} MYSQL_USER: ${MYSQL_USER:-lobster} MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD:-lobsterpassword} volumes: - mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql ports: - "3306:3306" The bot ran fine for two days. Then the Telegram notifications stopped. ...