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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