950: Even SCARIER Web Dev Nightmares (Spooky Stories Pt. 2)
Oct 29, 2025•58 min
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Episode description
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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Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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