Is This a Bug?

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A country code lookup oopsie cause 500 physical member cards to be mailed to the Falkland Islands instead of the feral islands. DDoS pulled down the system almost just about instantly leaving every single person at that conference to not be able to use it. A coworker who was going there essentially to relax and enjoy the fruits of his labor, he had to spend the rest of the time in a hotel tweaking an app that he didn't write.

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott tell your spookiest scary web dev stories including spooky render times, push notification hell, dark Friday, and more!

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