Scott and Wes continue to share hair-raising developer horror stories submitted by listeners. From accidentally severing access to crucial databases to a limitless coupon code that cost millions, these tales will have you on the edge of your seat. Tune in for more wild mishaps, close calls, and hard-learned lessons from the dark side of coding. You won’t want to miss this second round of spooky web dev stories!

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 00:49 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
• 01:32 ‘Monkey Business’
• 03:21 ‘Spooky Integration Bug’
• 06:25 ‘Worst Case Wake Up’
• 08:57 ‘Severed Trunk and Missing Backups’
• 11:21 ‘Brute Force Too Brutal’
• 12:30 ‘A Dorm Room Bee Movie’
• 15:46 ‘No Goats’
• 16:45 ‘Pokémon Problems’
• 18:08 ‘Late Night’
• 22:21 ‘Bootcamp Bungle’
• 26:19 ‘Film School F*** Up’
• 30:26 ‘AWS Clusterf***’
• 31:26 ‘Limitless Coupon Disaster’
  • Episode #451, Episode #609.
• 33:55 ‘Ruined Vacation’
• 35:47 ‘Console.swear’
• 37:28 ‘Another Coupon Disaster’
• 40:46 ‘The Doctor’
  • Wes’ Burner List.
• 43:01 ‘Marketing Nightmare’
• 45:10 What did we learn this year?
  • 45:12 You need processes.
  • 48:42 Ask for help.
  • 49:44 Dry-run queries + soft delete.
  • 51:14 Code reviews.
    • Episode #830.
  • 52:11 Version control.
• 53:58 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

• Scott: Nobody Wants This.
• Wes: Truffle Hot Sauce.

Shameless Plugs

• Scott: syntax.fm.
• Wes: syntax.fm/spooky.

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