I Built a Free Open Source Tool That Saved Me From Deleting My Production Database (Again)

Okay so real talk. I've done it twice. The first time was during college. I was trying to drop a test table, typed the wrong database name, and wiped out actual user data from a project I was working on with friends. The second time was worse. I was 11pm deep into shipping a feature, ran a migration script, and it quietly nuked 3 months of production records. Both times I just sat there staring at my screen like 👁️👄👁️ And both times, I had no backup. So I built ChronoBase a free, open source, local-first database backup manager for PostgreSQL and MongoDB. It runs on your laptop, has a proper web UI, schedules automatic backups, and lets you restore to any database with one click. No monthly fees. No cloud account. No random company holding your data hostage. Why does every backup tool either cost money or suck? Genuinely asked myself this for way too long. pgAdmin has manual backup buried in menus. MongoDB Compass doesn't really do scheduled backups. Navicat is like $250. Every clou