Dive into amusing web development horrors, from the chaos of deleting a live database to the misadventures of poor load testing. Hear about the struggles with legacy code and the pitfalls of using placeholder emails. Enjoy anecdotes about wildlife encounters and Twitch streaming gone wrong. The importance of meticulous coding and reliable authentication takes center stage, urging developers to learn from these spooky experiences. It's a blend of tech trials, cautionary tales, and humorous mishaps that every developer can appreciate.
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Profanity in Placeholder Text
A developer used "Slipsum" for placeholder text in an internal admin panel.
Senior managers from a large corporation accessed the panel and were surprised by the profanity.
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Brotli Scaling Explosion
Enabling Brotli compression on a production website caused response times to increase from 300ms to 10 seconds.
The issue was resolved by rolling back the change, though it was a scary moment.
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Email Loop
A developer accidentally sent the same email hundreds of times to a single customer.
The developer describes it as a frustrating experience.
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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott tell more of your scary web dev stories including lorem ipsum mistakes, naming something Skynet, blackouts, Twitch streaming, and more!
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