Software Horror Stories
The Standup with ThePrimeagen · ThePrimeagen
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Show Notes
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## 📌 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