Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Spooky Web Dev Horror Stories
Oct 30, 2019
Dive into a spine-tingling collection of web development horror stories! Hear about disastrous Git commands leading to lost files and SQL blunders that wiped out entire inventories. Laugh along with tales of mishandled parental notifications and cringe-worthy placeholder text. Discover the importance of caution and best practices, amidst anecdotes of caching errors affecting grades. Plus, get insights into innovative bug tracking tools that save developers from their own missteps!
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Scott's Disastrous Git Clean
- Scott accidentally ran
git cleanin his root directory, deleting client projects and personal work. - He learned the hard way to avoid running this command in non-git directories.
Magic: The Gathering Database Disaster
- A developer accidentally overwrote an entire e-commerce database with Magic: The Gathering card data.
- Without a backup, they manually re-entered over 100,000 card details.
Yes to Everything
- A developer testing map tile text overlay cached "yes" on all tiles.
- Clients noticed, and the developer had to clear the cache and regenerate the tiles.