October 27th, 2025 ×
Web Dev HORROR Stories + Spooky Trivia! (Spooky Stories Pt. 1)
 Wes Bos Host
 Scott Tolinski Host
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 Welcome to Syntax!
 - 00:05 Scott's vampire costume.
 - 00:38 New to live-streaming.
 - 00:54 AWS Outage.
 - 01:50 What is Spooky Stories?
 - 02:01 (Wes is wearing a shark costume)
 - 02:34 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
 - 03:30 PHP MyHeadache.
 - 06:23 A Browser Hack.
 - 08:30 Browser Hack Gameshow & Special Guest!
 - 17:01 Ghost Password.
 - 21:32 Just A Patch.
 - 24:12 Don't drink and Deploy.
 - 34:47 Discount.
 
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