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Halloween Dev Horror: 5 micro stories with protective charms

Happy Halloween. Scarier than ghost stories: 5 micro horror stories that could actually happen. Three sentences each. Night 1, "The Window": Two terminals open — staging and production. You hit Enter.

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War of the Worlds · Oct 30, 1938 — 4 engineering lessons from a false alarm

Eighty-seven years ago tonight, Orson Welles aired a radio drama of H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds on CBS. Many listeners tuned in late, missed the “this is a play” disclaimer, and treated a Mart

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Black Tuesday · Oct 29, 1929 — 4 engineering lessons from a cascade crash

Ninety-six years ago today, the New York Stock Exchange lived through what we now call Black Tuesday. It wasn’t a single overnight break. The week before had already fallen hard; Black Monday (Oct 28)

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Looking for Google Play closed testers (DTworkeasy)

Hi — we need help finishing Google Play’s closed-testing requirement before production. **What we need** - About 12 testers with a real **Google account** and an Android device - Opt into our closed t

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London Ambulance CAD collapse, 34 years on: the costliest “go-live” lesson

London Ambulance CAD collapse, 34 years on: the costliest “go-live” lesson # London Ambulance CAD collapse, 34 years on: the costliest “go-live” lesson A picture first. On 26 October 1992, the London

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Halloween Dev Horror: 5 micro stories with protective charms

War of the Worlds · Oct 30, 1938 — 4 engineering lessons from a false alarm

Black Tuesday · Oct 29, 1929 — 4 engineering lessons from a cascade crash

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London Ambulance CAD collapse, 34 years on: the costliest “go-live” lesson

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Halloween Dev Horror: 5 micro stories with protective charms

War of the Worlds · Oct 30, 1938 — 4 engineering lessons from a false alarm

Black Tuesday · Oct 29, 1929 — 4 engineering lessons from a cascade crash

Looking for Google Play closed testers (DTworkeasy)

London Ambulance CAD collapse, 34 years on: the costliest “go-live” lesson

Futong Dong

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Halloween Dev Horror: 5 micro stories with protective charms

War of the Worlds · Oct 30, 1938 — 4 engineering lessons from a false alarm

Black Tuesday · Oct 29, 1929 — 4 engineering lessons from a cascade crash

Looking for Google Play closed testers (DTworkeasy)

London Ambulance CAD collapse, 34 years on: the costliest “go-live” lesson

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Halloween Dev Horror: 5 micro stories with protective charms

War of the Worlds · Oct 30, 1938 — 4 engineering lessons from a false alarm

Black Tuesday · Oct 29, 1929 — 4 engineering lessons from a cascade crash

Looking for Google Play closed testers (DTworkeasy)

London Ambulance CAD collapse, 34 years on: the costliest “go-live” lesson