This is one of the reasons I'm happy to have Time Machine on macOS. I've had times where I accidentally removed files due to a careless rm -rf in the terminal,

This is one of the reasons I'm happy to have Time Machine on macOS. I've had times where I accidentally removed files due to a careless rm -rf in the terminal, as well as lost file changes due to mistakes with git. If you have local backups enabled, it's easy to recover reasonably recent files and changes. Admittedly, it hasn't happened to me in a fairly long time... But knowing you have some kind of safety net is reassuring. A lot of our tooling and operating systems were designed for a different time, and their age is really starting to show in cases like these. Fault tolerance is incredibly important, and it has taken a backseat position for far too long.