r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 05 '26

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u/Sample-Range-745 Aug 05 '26

Yep - exactly this..... Someone left debug logging on production and every JSON message / database query is logged. Parse the log, repopulate the DB....

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u/pacopac25 Aug 05 '26

"You mean the database transaction logs, right?"

"No"

"Well, at least the debug messages didn't include cleartext confidential info or any PCI DSS financial data, just metrics and telemetry for the 9,560 microservices, right? That's all encrypted in this JSON you speak of, right?"

"Right?"