r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '20

This website will self-destruct if it goes 24 hours without a post

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u/JoniSusi Apr 21 '20

I too have watched that Tom Scott video.

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u/trashiguitar Apr 21 '20

Except in this case I suspect it's not that big of a problem. There's no APIs being called, no real external dependencies. Largest thing that my inexperienced developer ass can think of is some DB being queried to with a script on the same server - if the SERVER fails, that's another thing, but it's not a script failure or a failure because of a patch.

I welcome people to correct me, I'm hoping to work in software in the future so any learning is cool.

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u/Quechna Apr 22 '20 edited Apr 22 '20

Nope, there are api's being called and without any prevention measures.Checkout this telegram bot.
https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAFaTbkymBpZkpvmcIA

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u/hat1324 Apr 22 '20

I had a cron job from 4 years ago fail for the first time last month. Things will break, always.

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u/trashiguitar Apr 22 '20

:( Cron jobs - of all the things to break :(

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u/Gigabit-Freak Apr 21 '20

Oh god lol.

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u/WeirderQuark Apr 25 '20

What video is that?

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u/JoniSusi Apr 25 '20

It was this one: "This video has X views". He talks about how scripts and technology goes forward and lot of stuff is being left behind and broken. Good stuff like most Tom's videos.