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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about web dev horror stories — real things that have happened to real developers

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Show Notes

03:36 - https://twitter.com/CameronPak/status/1445051951843061767

04:48 - https://twitter.com/susanlangenes/status/1445049321871712257

05:29 - https://twitter.com/DevJordanW/status/1445052979644706823

06:12 - https://twitter.com/HerbieDuah/status/1445088892177108994

07:04 - https://twitter.com/bbbryan14/status/1445400072921956357

07:43 - https://twitter.com/stephendennis30/status/1445074683062362114

07:59 - https://twitter.com/Tim__Moran/status/1445102727701221377?s=20

08:37 - https://twitter.com/SoyAlejandroAl/status/1445063677896450048

09:34 - https://twitter.com/sudonetizen/status/1445132694531231760

11:09 - https://twitter.com/chrislaughlin/status/1445049210840178690?s=20

11:58 - https://twitter.com/sbitaxi/status/1445208793072156675

12:44 - https://twitter.com/AlexHBruns/status/1445067663919755269

13:05 - https://twitter.com/costerad/status/1445069263568580616

14:02 - https://twitter.com/gcnx86/status/1445045635250638853

14:25 - https://twitter.com/JustMetMe_app/status/1445041678167920640

14:47 - https://twitter.com/alanshortis/status/1445048899899645959

15:50 - https://twitter.com/Swizec/status/1445191324215353347

16:17 - https://twitter.com/_RobJohansen/status/1445137057236467722

17:14 - https://twitter.com/fienen/status/1445040513678196743

17:57 - https://twitter.com/TechBill777/status/1445172824822452226

18:54 - https://twitter.com/Zircoz/status/1445041440770252806

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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about running backups and a home server — Synology setups, apps, and more!

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Show Notes

2:03 - What is it?

• A little headless computer

5:07 - Drives

• WD Red or Seagate Ironwolf — They are loud, you can put SSDs in them, but it’s $$

6:25 - RAID

11:17 - Power

• Backup
• Time Machine over the network
• You can upgrade the memory
• SSDs

22:40 - Backing up your Backups

• Mirror folders to Backblaze B2
• Slow, but worth it

30:53 - Apps

• Plex + Emby
• Storage Analyzer
• Docker - anything really
• Node js ;)
• Security cameras
• Pi-hole or custom DNS server
• Moments
• Drive

Links

• Screenflow
• Synology
• DS918+
• DS219+
• WD Red Drives
• Seagate Iron Wolf
• Govee Thermometer
• Now
• Squizzy
• Backblaze B2
• Plex
• Emby
• Storage Analyzer
• DaisyDisk
• Docker
• Node.js
• Raspberry Pi
• Dokku
• Synology vs Blue Iris
• Moments app
• Pi-hole
• Discourse

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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about web dev horror stories — things you can only hope will never happen to you!

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Show Notes

2:09 - Scott’s Disastrous Git Clean

4:35 - Magic Updates the Gathering

8:52 - YAAAAS

9:37 - Token Trouble

12:16 - jQuery Plugins

15:22 - Success!

18:00 - Parental Advisory

21:47 - Students Changing Grades

22:46 - Lorem Sh!tsum

26:22 - Drowning in a Waterfall

28:53 - Magneto Upgrades

30:00 - JOHN CENA

33:24 - Migration Migraine

35:39 - Primary Key Nightmare

36:26 - The $20,000 YAML formatter

Links

• Adam J. Sontag
• jQuery
• GitLab
• Gitlab Database Incident
• Magento
• Meteor

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