949: Web Dev HORROR Stories + Spooky Trivia! (Spooky Stories Pt. 1)
Update: 2025-10-27
Description
It’s that time of year again, Scott (as Dracula) and Wes (as a big bad shark) return for their annual Spooky Stories special! They’re joined by a mysterious guest for a round of creepy coding trivia and chilling true tales of web dev gone wrong; dropped databases, haunted passwords, and more. Beware: these are real developer horror stories.
Show Notes
00:00 ">00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:05 ">00:05 Scott’s vampire costume.
00:38 ">00:38 New to live-streaming.
00:54 ">00:54 AWS Outage.
01:50 ">01:50 What is Spooky Stories?
02:01 ">02:01 (Wes is wearing a shark costume)
02:34 ">02:34 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
03:30 ">03:30 PHP MyHeadache.
06:23 ">06:23 A Browser Hack.
08:30 ">08:30 Browser Hack Gameshow & Special Guest!
17:01 ">17:01 Ghost Password.
21:32 ">21:32 Just A Patch.
24:12 ">24:12 Don’t drink and Deploy.
34:47 ">34:47 Discount.
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