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Hey look, today is that day! In just a few minutes at 8:15pm ET our CTO @martine.dev will be streaming on Twitch (twitch.tv/martine_dowden) and YouTube (youtube.com/@MartineDowden)! Today's topic: Adding Dark Mode to @lorelink.com, which should make a lot of gamers happy. 😉

Thank you all for spending October reading our "Spooky Tales from the Trenches." Once more, those were 100% true stories from our Andromeda Stars, with names changed to protect the innocent. If you want to read them, you can find them here on the blog:

Happy Halloween, everybody! Today's final Spooky Tales from the Trenches tale is... something else. Please, go read "Bang Up Job" on the blog, and once again, Happy Halloween!

Just... make your requests make sense. Please. "Special Request" is today's entry in Spooky Tales from the Trenches.

Before you panic, try to remember what environment you're in. Read "On Call" and sigh, in today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches.

No matter how secure you think your network is, threats can and will find a back door. Read today's shocking Spooky Tales from the Trenches, Network Security, on the blog:

Ah, when a customer decides the rules don't apply to them... "Carded" is today's retail entry in Spooky Tales from the Trenches.

You work yourself to the bone, and they'll still find a way to deny you a promotion. Read "Say Cheese," today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches entry.

Line jumping is not a sport. Find out what happened in today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches, "Why should they wait with everyone else?"

Did you think the nightmare was over after the previous entries, "Vaporware" and "Ghosted"? Check out today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches entry, "Spreading Lies."

Maybe this boss thought, "Out of sight, out of mind." Read "Ghosted" in today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches:

Who says you can't promise something to a client you can't actually deliver? "Vaporware" is today's Spooky Tale from the Trenches.

Remember what I said about taking what Management has to say with a grain of salt? Yeah... Check out "Closing Time" below.

Always take what management says with a grain of salt. Find out why in today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches, "Freed Up."

"Nobody wants to work anymore." Read "Interview Marathon," today's entry for Spooky Tales from the Trenches, over on the blog:

Are we really deploying on Friday? Find out in today's Spooky Tale from the Trenches, "Weekend Warrior." Read it over on the Andromeda blog:

Especially in a shared space, just use your head and respect other people's belongings. Today's Spooky Tale from the Trenches is "Personal Space."

Security is good, it keeps your system safe. However, sometimes you do need to think these policies through. Today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches submission is "Lockdown." Read it on the blog:

Sometimes, you see a tale of self-sabotage just so bloody avoidable, you can't believe it's real. Check out "Wrong Way," today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches submission:

Kids have a tendency to embellish the reasons why they didn't get their homework done. But, what if that tall tale was based in truth? Read "Hood Ornament" in today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches, over on the blog:

There's nothing more frustrating than blatantly being ignored. Find out what happened in today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches. Read "Consider the Messenger" over on the blog.

When people are working at home, their families sometimes don't realize how much danger they can be in. Find out how close this family came in today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches, "Morning Potion." You can find it on the blog:

Don't count on service staff to babysit your kids, especially when that service staff is in charge of everyone's safety. Today's Spooky Tales from the Trenches is "Bobber," over on the blog:

For the third day of Spooky Tales from the Trenches, we have this hair-raising experience from one of our Andromeda Stars. Come and experience "Haircut" on the blog. andromedagalactic.com/blog/spooky-...

Hey there! I said we're gonna be quiet until we have something to contribute, and I think I've got it! This October, we're doing "Spooky Stories from the Trenches" on our blog. Part "Not Always Right," part "r/AntiWork," it looks at the work histories of our team. You can find our first 2 here:

Hey there! We're Andromeda Galactic Solutions, a small tech company out of central Indiana. We're quietly here for the moment, seeing if we can add anything to conversations around here. In the meantime, if you want to learn more about us, here you go!