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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