The DevOps Royale With Cheese - When a Data Supplier Breaks Production
IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith
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Show Notes
In this episode, we return to Finland, where an international burger chain suddenly found itself cut off from the one thing every fast-food operation needs to function: real-time operational data. A third-party data supplier pulled the plug without warning, leaving kitchens blind, dashboards empty, and the entire workflow stuck on "please wait."
What followed was a truly Nordic-speed DevOps rescue mission — rapid troubleshooting, frantic config changes, un-authorized workarounds, and a race to restore data before the lunch rush turned into a customer revolt.
From vendor surprises to emergency pipelines, this episode serves up a full stack of DevOps chaos... with cheese.
00:00 Finnish Fiasco 02:02 DevOps Gone Wrong 06:07 The Elixir Adventure 11:52 System Meltdown 17:33 Quick Fixes 24:13 Final Decisions 27:04 Wrap Up