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IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith

IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith

Jack Smith

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Show overview

IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith launched in 2025 and has put out 40 episodes, alongside 3 trailers or bonus episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 15 min and 36 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. Roughly 23% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 32 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 32 episodes published. Published by Jack Smith.

Episodes
40
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
30 min
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

We delve into the bizarre and often cringe-worthy world of IT mishaps, glitches, and the horror stories that come with it. With a sarcastic twist we recount the tales of those who somehow manage to create chaos out of the simplest tasks. We strike a balance between relatable frustration and dark humor that gets even the most cringe-inducing stories entertaining and you will find yourself laughing, cringing, and shaking their heads in disbelief as we take a wild ride through the chaotic world of IT, where every glitch is a ghost story waiting to be told.

Latest Episodes

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The Cost Of Rushing AI : When AI Adoption Goes Wrong

Nov 9, 202645 min

Call Center Down : If Only AI Could Diagnose Network Traffic Problems

Nov 2, 202644 min

Jack's Rants - PHP, Panic, and Technical Debt - PHP2Shell: Critical PHP Flaws, Emergency Patching, and Technical Debt

Oct 26, 202615 min

Wrong Person, Right Skills : Technical Hiring Failures and Why Companies Mismanage IT Talent

Oct 19, 202644 min

Cleared for Disaster : Air Traffic Control Technology: Outages, Failures, and Recovery

Oct 12, 202645 min

Jack's Rants - Meshcore : Off-Grid Messaging, LoRa, Privacy, and Decentralised Networks

Oct 5, 202619 min

Cultural Differences in IT : When Global Teams Don't Work the Same Way

Sep 28, 202621 min

When UNPK Broke – Diagnosing an IBM Mainframe Hardware Failure

Sep 21, 202632 min

Pinball as IoT : When Arcade Machines Go Online

Sep 14, 202637 min

The Three Envelopes: Blame, Reorganize, Repeat

Sep 7, 202625 min

Jack's Rants - Why You Need to Reboot : Why Rebooting Your Computer Actually Fixes Problems

Aug 31, 20269 min

Testing Software Properly : Software Testing Done Right – Where, When and What Should You Test?

Aug 24, 202638 min

Microcode Mayhem : How a Mainframe Timer Bug Slowed an Entire Development Team

Aug 17, 202625 min

Jack's Rants - AI Is The New Shadow IT : Why Employees Are Quietly Building the Next IT Risk

Aug 10, 202611 min

Melbourne Cup Meltdown : How a Betting System Crashed at the Worst Possible Moment

Aug 3, 202630 min

Jack's Rants - The Missing Five Minutes : Why scambaiting videos leave security professionals with more questions than answers

Jul 27, 202610 min

One Network to Rule Them All : How a Missing VLAN Strategy Turned Smart City Infrastructure into a Cybersecurity Nightmare

Jul 20, 202637 min

Jack's Rants - Can I Keep Your ID? : Privacy, Identity Theft, Data Minimization, and Why Your Driver's License Is Not a Bar Tab Deposit

Jul 13, 202610 min

Cardboard Confidential : A Cybersecurity Incident, a Golf Course Conversation, and Why No Industry Is Too Boring to Be Targeted

Jul 6, 202632 min

Jack's Rants - The New Change Management - ITIL Change Control, Organizational Change, and Why Project Managers Suddenly Need Psychology Degrees

Jun 22, 202612 min
2024-2026