Accidental Database Wipe During NHL Launch

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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