One laptop. One warehouse. One very expensive sleep mode. Episode 14: Sleep Mode in Production Listen here : ithorrorstories.eu#ep14 #technology #podcast #shadowIT #operations #incidentmanagement

Every IT professional has that bug. The one that consumed days, weeks... maybe months. How long did your longest debugging session last?

Episode 17 is out! Cardboard Confidential Not every cybersecurity incident starts with malware. Sometimes it starts with a cardboard box. Listen now: ithorrorstories.eu#ep17 #technology #podcast #cybersecurity #infosec #IT #IncidentResponse #InformationSecurity #Infrastructure #RiskManagement

Today's cloud was yesterday's mainframe. Different technology. Same sleepless nights. Same technical debt. Same "don't reboot it." What's the oldest production system you've ever touched? #IT #Mainframe #SysAdmin

Throwback Episode: IT and Global Politics We often think of IT as something that exists in its own technical bubble but technology isn't isolated from world events Listen here: ithorrorstories.eu#ep04 #IT #Geopolitics #Infrastructure #ProjectManagement #DigitalTransformation #Podcast

Over the years we've covered: datacenter fires ransomware ERP migrations Shadow IT printers anonymous datasets storage strategies legacy systems production outages The technology is always different. The lessons almost never are. Which topic should be next? #podcast #technology #question

Classic Episode : SAP Happens ERP projects rarely fail because of SAP. They fail because organizations underestimate people, communication, and process change. The software is visible. Business change is harder. #podcast #technology #erp #sap #processchange ithorrorstories.eu#ep06

I had a great time on the Tech 4 Grown Ups podcast talking about online scams, phishing, AI, social engineering, and practical ways to stay safe online. Listen here : www.tech4grownups.com/podcast #CyberSecurity #OnlineSafety #ScamAwareness #Phishing #podcast

Finish this sentence: "The words 'We've always done it this way' were immediately followed by..." Best answer wins absolutely nothing. Except the respect of fellow IT professionals. #changemanagement #hr #humanchange #podcast

One laptop. One warehouse. One Windows power setting. One forgotten Shadow IT device quietly became critical infrastructure... until Windows decided it was bedtime. #podcast #shadowit #itops #technology ithorrorstories.eu#ep14

Mainframes have been declared dead for decades. Oddly enough... nobody seems to have told the banks, the airlines, the governments or the companies still processing millions of transactions every single night. ithorrorstories.eu#rant01 #mainframe #it #legacyit #technicaldebt #technology

Statement : "There is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution." Every experienced IT professional has seen it. A production laptop A ERP in a spreadsheet A 3 CIO's old quick workaround The technology changes. The pattern doesn't. What's the longest "temporary" solution you've seen ?

New Rant: The New Change Management. When did Change Management stop meaning RFCs and start meaning therapy sessions? A short rant about ITIL, organizational change, and why Project Managers aren't shrinks. ithorrorstories.eu#rant04 #ProjectManagement #ChangeManagement #ITIL #Leadership #Podcast

One of the first things we discussed on the Two Talking Fools podcast: AI isn't magic - it only knows what it's been taught and the context it's given. They've just released a clip from the episode. Link below! youtube.com/shorts/2Z0Td... #podcast #ai #technology

New blog post! What happens when a technical hiring exercise accidentally exposes confidential information? Read the story behind Episode 16: GDPR Enters the Chat. blog.ithorrorstories.eu/gdpr-enters-... #technology #CyberSecurity #GDPR

Remember mailing lists? So do we. Join the IT Horror Stories newsletter for episodes, blog posts, guest calls, and stories that don't always fit in a podcast episode. Because email still works. ithorrorstories.eu#news #technology #Newsletter #Podcast #IT

Go-live weekend special. 30% off in our EU merch shop from June 19–21. Because if production is going live anyway, your wardrobe might as well deploy too. shop.ithorrorstories.eu #technology #ITHorrorStories #Podcast

The Boeing 747 floppy disk episode generated one of our most common responses: "We still have those." (And we mean floppies) What's the oldest storage medium still in use in your environment? ithorrorstories.eu#rant03 #technology #LegacyTech #IT #aircraft #747

Episode 16: GDPR Enters the Chat A hiring exercise unexpectedly becomes an information security incident when "anonymous" data turns out not to be quite so anonymous. www.ithorrorstories.eu#ep16 #technology #CyberSecurity #GDPR #InfoSec

Monday morning IT question: What's the most critical system you've found running on something that was never meant for production? In Episode 14, Sleep Mode in Production, a laptop did just that. Until it went to sleep. ithorrorstories.eu#ep14 #technology #IT #ShadowIT #Infrastructure #DevOps

Have you ever been part of an outage that started with someone saying: "This shouldn't affect production." We're always looking for guests willing to share their IT horror stories. Stories must be 18+ months old and are fully anonymized. ithorrorstories.eu#story #technology #Podcast #DevOps

IT question of the week: What is the oldest piece of technology still running in your environment? Mainframe? AS/400? Windows Server 2008? A printer nobody dares touch? We won't judge. Probably. #technology #IT #SysAdmin

Remember when everybody thought the paperless office would eliminate printers? Neither do the printers. Episode 15: Spooling Out of Control explores desktop and enterprise print servers, and industrial mass-mailing systems. ithorrorstories.eu#ep15 #technology #IT #Printing #Podcast

Reminder: the EU merch shop discount ends June 8. 20% off for a few more days. No guarantee the merch improves uptime, but at least you’ll look prepared when production does something creative. shop.ithorrorstories.eu #technology #ITHorrorStories #Podcast

Temporary solutions become permanent. Discounts do not. Our EU merch shop has 20% off on June 1 to 8. Shirts, hoodies, and wearable reminders that production is mostly held together by confidence. shop.ithorrorstories.eu #technology #ITHorrorStories #Podcast

Episode 15: Spooling Out of Control A deep dive into printers, print servers, mass-mailing systems, and the technology that somehow still causes incidents decades after its invention. Listen now: ithorrorstories.eu#ep15 #technology #ITOperations #Infrastructure #Printing #EnterpriseIT #Podcast

Throwback to Episode 5: Paris Rooftops. Installing a 5G antenna sounds straightforward… until you’re doing it on a rooftop in the middle of downtown Paris. Listen now: ithorrorstories.eu#ep05 #technology #Telecom #5G #Infrastructure #IT #Podcast #ITHorrorStories

Did you already listen to our latest episode "Sleep Mode in Production" ? A warehouse suddenly stopped operating — not because of a cyberattack, but because a laptop entered sleep mode. Listen now: ithorrorstories.eu#ep14 #technology #IT #ShadowIT #DevOps #Infrastructure

For our latest episode, *Sleep Mode in Production*,we’ve published a companion article on *The Incident Log* where we go deeper into the details: Read the blog and continue the story behind the systems blog.ithorrorstories.eu/episode-14-s... #technology #IT #ShadowIT #DevOps #Infrastructure

SAP support deadlines are getting closer, migration programs are accelerating, and suddenly everyone remembers that “we’ll deal with S/4HANA later” was not actually a long-term strategy. Listen now: ithorrorstories.eu#ep06 #technology #SAP #S4HANA #DigitalTransformation #ERP #Podcast

Episode 14 is out: Sleep Mode in Production. A warehouse process depended on a laptop that never went through proper operational validation. Everything worked… until sleep mode activated. Find all links to listen on our website : ithorrorstories.eu#ep14 #technology #IT #ShadowIT #DevOps

Is the universe telling us something when a server goes missing but leaves behind two of the saddest cables ever seen in a 'professional' environment? What else is hiding in plain sight? Find out more in Episode 11 : Raspberry Mistery youtube.com/shorts/v-_c3... #podcasts #raspberry #rpi #uptime

What would you do if your systems suddenly got locked by ransomware? In our latest episode, we explore a realistic scenario of how an attack unfolds — and how teams respond under pressure. #technology #cybersecurity #IT #DevOps #SRE Listen here : ithorrorstories.eu#ep13

Turns out, failover success is subjective. Apparently, being ‘active’ just means you get tested harder. Ever wondered how ‘best intentions’ can invent new incidents? Let’s talk IT wisdom in the replies. Find out more in Ep 12 : The Failover That Failed Successfully youtube.com/shorts/L3s3K...

We’re looking for guests for IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith. Real incidents. No blame. Just lessons. If you’ve lived through an outage or failure worth sharing, we’d love to hear it. (Stories are anonymized + 18 months old minimum.) Details below #ITHorrorStories #Tech #DevOps #SRE

Yes, some Boeing 747s still use floppy disks. No, it’s not as ridiculous as it sounds. Short episode out now on legacy systems, aviation, and why “old tech” doesn’t just disappear. Listen: www.ithorrorstories.eu#rants #ITHorrorStories #Aviation #LegacySystems #Tech

Ever run a failover test that worked perfectly… and still caused chaos? Listen to episode 12: The Failover That Failed Successfully: no production impact, but plenty of confusion when communication, timing, and expectations didn’t line up. youtube.com/shorts/k_SyF... #podcast #technology #failure

Because quite a few of you have asked - We now have a substack. We'll cross post from the blog mostly but we do understand the centralized app can bring some bonuses. You can subscribe to the substack here : ithorrorstories.substack.com #podcast #technology #substack

During a busy release weekend, a planned failover exposed something familiar: misaligned teams, unclear responsibilities, and communication that didn’t arrive when it should. Production stayed safe — but confidence took a hit. Listen now : ithorrorstories.eu#ep12 #podcast #datarecovery #failover

You arrive at the office, coffee in hand, ready for another day in IT — only to find a small construction crew digging up the sidewalk. Want to find out what's next ? Tune in to “IT Horror Stories” youtube.com/shorts/eE8CK... Listen via ithorrorstories.eu #podcast #technology #fiber #downtime

Turns out, much of the Y2K panic was way overblown—most of those doomsday stories didn’t even come close to reality. Hindsight really is 20/20. Listen to Episode 7 : Y2K vs Y2K38 - The Rematch youtube.com/shorts/jvwq8... Listen here : ithorrorstories.eu#ep07 #podcast #tech #techlife #y2k #y2k38

Isn't it wild how today one role is supposed to be SDM, Scrum, DevOps, and PM all rolled into one? That's a small department, not a single job. Find out more in Jack's Rant : IT Hiring Chaos youtube.com/shorts/CdkEv... Listen here : ithorrorstories.eu#rants #podcast #hr #hiring #technology

Ever realize how the number of connections to a children’s website can match up almost exactly with the number of kids in the country ? Find out more in IT Horror Stories, Episode 10 youtube.com/shorts/vGZ89... Listen here : ithorrorstories.eu#ep10 #ddos #cybersecurity #tvshow #schoolsout

Jack's Rants - IT Hiring Chaos: plenty of job posts, “urgent” hiring everywhere… and every entry-level role somehow needs 10 years of experience. Listen wherever you get your podcasts - www.ithorrorstories.eu#rants #podcast #itcareer #jobmarket #technology #techlife

When you ask where the server is and discover it's behind the wall, not across the globe—it’s the truth every tired sysadmin hopes for. Never underestimate the power of asking again. youtube.com/shorts/Kk2PE... Listen here : ithorrorstories.eu#ep11 #podcasts #raspberry #rpi #technology #uptime

Some stories deserve more than a podcast episode alone. That’s why we created The Incident Log — the official blog of IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith. Here we go deeper into the incidents behind the episodes. blog.ithorrorstories.eu #blog #technology #podcast #behindthescenes

There’s something oddly touching about walking into a room full of aging machines still blinking away with whatever they’ve got left. Find out more in Episode 11: Raspberry Mistery youtube.com/shorts/WowPw... Listen here : ithorrorstories.eu#ep11 #podcast #raspberry #rpi #technology #uptime

IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith ep 11 is here, providing you with an actual real world example of why you should not run any systems that are important for your operational uptime on a hobby computer intended to teach PHP ithorrorstories.eu#ep11 #podcast #uptime #raspberrypi #php #technology

When someone says mainframe teams are agile, I just imagine a batch job doing cartwheels across the data center floor Find out more in Jack's Rant - Batch Job Blues - all links in bio youtube.com/shorts/a5481... #mainframe #agile #waterfall #devops #batch #podcast

Bonus episode drop: Jack's Rants - Batch Job Blues. When banking mainframe batch jobs go wrong, the whole morning feels it. Overnight runs, multiple transactions, very very waterfall. Listen here - links.ithorrorstories.eu You are one of us. #podcast #technology #mainframe #batchjob #banking