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950: Even SCARIER Web Dev Nightmares (Spooky Stories Pt. 2)
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In part 2 of this year’s Spooky Stories special, Wes and Scott discuss the most chilling developer horror stories—from six-month-old unprocessed donations and runaway dog-food orders to vanishing databases, DNS disasters, code that literally tore apart a mall’s ventilation system, and more!
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:33 A Bug Beyond the Grave
04:16 NHL SPOOKS
06:36 White Space Ghost Faced
10:54 Over Order Nightmare
16:50 Alaskian
21:16 Brought to you by Sentry.io
22:50 Rackspace’d Out
25:02 Fired
26:52 WordPress Woes
33:21 What does the P in VPS stand for?
34:18 Beyond the Grave II
35:39 The Hottest Hot Fix
37:54 Bad Redirect
40:03 Instead of Making Money, You Spend Money!
41:26 Certbot Certain Death
43:55 It’s Always DNS
50:02 Cache Ruins Everything Around Me
51:52 Fiber F-Up
56:18 More Spooky Stories
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