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Software Horror Stories

#021 ยท August 4, 2025

Software Horror Stories
๐Ÿ”— Sponsored by Code Rabbit https://coderabbit.link/primeagen-vscode #sponsored ## ๐Ÿ“Œ Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro & Teejs Medical Records Disaster 00:04:20 - Code Rabbit Sponsor #ad 00:05:04 - Nobody wants to work in Healthcare 00:07:05 - Healthcare testing process 00:12:00 - Epic's Development Pipeline Deep Dive 00:21:33 - Load Testing Nightmare 00:25:00 - The 45-Minute Site Outage 00:27:50 - Class Registration Disaster 00:32:00 - Everything Goes Wrong in Production 00:35:55 - Netflix Static Variable Mistake 00:39:00 - The Boss Who Spotted the Obvious Bug 00:42:00 - Lady Gaga's Broken Countdown Billboard 00:47:00 - 10 Requests /s Disaster 00:49:30 - GraphQL Query Explosion ## Key Topics: - Medical software development challenges and patient safety - Epic Systems development process and MUMPS language - Load testing disasters and production outages - Netflix development war stories - Server-side rendering performance pitfalls - GraphQL resolver optimization nightmares - The importance of proper testing before production releases ## Hosts: - **TJ** (@teej_dv) - Epic Systems horror stories - **Trash Dev** (@trash_dev) - Load testing and Next.js disasters - **Prime** (@ThePrimeagen) - Netflix static variable nightmares