How One Line Broke The Internet

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One developer. One innocent-looking line of code. And boom—the internet collapses. This isn’t a joke. This actually happened. From an AWS engineer accidentally nuking critical infrastructure with rm -rf / to Knight Capital losing $440 million in 45 minutes due to a tiny deployment error, history proves that one bad command can cost millions.

In this video, we dive into the catastrophic real-world consequences of bad code. How does a single line bring down entire systems? Why do modern infrastructures feel like Jenga towers held together with duct tape? And most importantly, how can you avoid becoming the next viral coding disaster?

If you’ve ever pushed to production without testing (don’t lie, we’ve all been there), this video is for you. Watch, learn, and maybe—just maybe—double-check your next deployment.

Links to read more:
🔹 AWS rm -rf / disaster: www.theregister.com/2017/03/03/aws_s3_outage_expla…
🔹 Knight Capital’s $440M oopsie: www.cnbc.com/id/48635253

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