i brought my ai back from the dead, one 64 mb chunk at a time → April 13, 2026
how a btrfs metadata failure, overconfident ai guidance, and a custom raw-disk recovery pipeline turned into a lesson about persistence, backups, and the double edge of ai.
how i actually brought my ai back from the dead → April 13, 2026
a technical recounting of a btrfs metadata failure, the failed recovery attempts that came first, and the raw-disk zstd carving pipeline that eventually restored enough openclaw state to bring kai back.