Spooky Web Dev Stories — Part 1
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about spooky web dev stories — listener-submitted stories about web dev gone wrong.
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Show Notes
03:12 - The Most Expensive Boolean Ever
06:19 - An Actual Logging Issue
09:37 - Snitches Get Stitches
10:41 - The Spooky Office Skeleton
12:04 - Prevent the Default of Making Money
13:52 - Computer Magic Trick
14:42 - Update Score
15:59 - Change Reaction
19:30 - Personal Mongodb
20:26 - Hello Rob!
22:08 - SSN Regex
23:06 - WordPress Plugins
23:52 - Loggin Ya In, Ya F’in Dummy
24:58 - A Hostel Coding Environment
25:59 - A Graceful Exit
27:27 - Favicon DDOS
28:07 - Common Cents
29:03 - Open Source Vendors
33:04 - Don’t Leave the Country
35:09 - Apostrophe Catastrophe
35:43 - Env
36:05 - A Christmas Miracle
36:43 - The One Million Dollar Bill
39:00 - The Hacker Who Dropped the DB
40:19 - The Tech Lead Who Uses Alert Statements
46:14 - Lorem Ipsum
46:58 - Malicious Compliance
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