950: Even SCARIER Web Dev Nightmares (Spooky Stories Pt. 2) from Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

Episodes

About

Reviews

Promote

950: Even SCARIER Web Dev Nightmares (Spooky Stories Pt. 2)

57 minutes Posted Oct 29, 2025 at 11:00 am.

Welcome to Syntax!

A Bug Beyond the Grave

NHL SPOOKS

White Space Ghost Faced

Over Order Nightmare

Alaskian

Brought to you by Sentry.io

Rackspace’d Out

Fired

WordPress Woes

What does the P in VPS stand for?

Beyond the Grave II

The Hottest Hot Fix

Bad Redirect

Instead of Making Money, You Spend Money!

Certbot Certain Death

It’s Always DNS

Cache Ruins Everything Around Me

Fiber F-Up

More Spooky Stories

0:00

57:57

Download MP3

Share at current time

Show notes

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

Don’t Drink and Deploy 😬 | Spooky Dev Stories Pt. 1

Submit your Spooky Stories

Hit us up on Socials!

Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads

Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads

Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads

Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

← See all 1045 episodes of Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats