950: Even SCARIER Web Dev Nightmares (Spooky Stories Pt. 2)

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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