In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott tell your spookiest scary web dev stories including spooky render times, push notification hell, dark Friday, and more!

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Show Notes

00:15 Welcome
03:00 Spooky Render Times
React Virtualized
React Window
09:19 Push Notification Hell
13:11 Dark Friday
14:19 Tiny Ints with Big Problems
16:57 A/B Testing
18:47 Confirm Purchase button mistake
21:21 Sponsor: Sentry
22:34 Dike Leak
25:14 A Steep Grade
32:41 Falkland Islands mixup
33:40 Conference mixup
36:34 Sponsor: Prismic
37:58 Doctor Who Ipsum
43:55 Marketplace payouts
46:38 Sponsor: Freshbooks
47:42 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

Scott: PopSocket Wallet
Wes: Water flosser

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