Join Jack Smith, a 25-year-plus IT veteran, as he takes you on a hilariously chilling journey through the wild world of tech mishaps. Each episode will leave you laughing and maybe crying a little as we navigate the absurdity of everyday tech disasters.
Trying to hide your firewall from a DDOS is like putting sunglasses on a dog and hoping no one notices. Turns out, they all run the same tricks under the hood.
Most firewalls share the same operating system, so attackers just study the BSD IP stack and make educated guesses
Find out more in Episode 10 : Surviving the Anonymous DDoS.
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The real horror in IT isn't just downtime—it's realizing the entire world can disrupt your team’s quiet corner in seconds. That Anonymous DDOS wasn’t just noise, it was a wake-up call for all of us managing digital infrastructures. How do you prepare for the threats no one sees coming?
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Find out more in Episode 10 - Surviving the anonymous DDOS
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This episode we’re breaking down what it really means to survive a DDoS attack—using Anonymous as the headline, but focusing on calm, smart defense over chaos and fear. No hacker cosplay, no technical rabbit holes—just real talk about resilience, preparation, and keeping your systems (and sanity) intact when traffic goes wild.
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I just found out you don’t need to reserve seven racks for SAP just to keep the support contract from some German TLA IBM spinoff. My inner IT guy is crying and laughing at the same time.
All those server racks locked up for SAP—and you can’t even touch them or break the contract. The dream: those SAP racks finally gone, support contracts less scary, and you actually get to use your server room for, well, things that matter.
When you realize you're not the only one who lost server real estate to SAP contracts, there’s this quiet satisfaction in knowing it’s finally getting fixed.
Find out more about SAP in Episode 6 of IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith : SAP Happens.
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Did you know airlines literally grounded every plane during the Y2K countdown, just in case onboard computers lost sense of time? Sometimes playing it safe means staying on the ground.
The big win was waking up on January 1st and realizing all the planes—and their clocks—were just fine.
Find out more in Episode 7 : Y2K vs Y2K38 - The Rematch
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Who knew a regular sales trip could flip into a full-on spy movie with a side of accidental international intrigue?
Clearly, the new hottest tourist trend is trying to smuggle confidential data across borders—those sales trips just hit another level of adventure.
Find out more in Episode 4 : IT And Global Politics
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Turns out 2042 and 2048 aren’t just random numbers—IBM mainframes and even embedded systems could hit a wall when their time clocks run out of bits. Suddenly, storing years gets a lot more interesting.
Find out more in Episode 7 : Y2K vs Y2K38 - The Rematch
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Ever wondered how your computer knows what day it is? UNIX just counts up every second since 1970. Not birthdays, not holidays—just relentless, unstoppable counting. Suddenly, “time flies” has a whole new meaning.
Find out more in Episode 7 : Y2K vs Y2K38 - The Rematch
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There’s something oddly comforting about hearing that train station jingle after a long, exhausting day on the rooftops—transported back to memories, tired but proud.
Not every job gives you rooftop sunrises over Paris and face-to-face time with folks so dedicated they even question if the lug nuts are in the right place. Small moments, big laughs.
Find out more about our 5G deployment in Paris in Episode 5 of IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith : Paris Rooftops.
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Why does the big lesson in tech projects seem to always be: bring your own brackets, or end up scrambling with the top boss on site?
Funny how you only realize after the fact just how much smoother things go when you handle the planning. Sometimes the hard lessons stick the best.
Find out more about our 5G deployment in Paris in Episode 5 of IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith : Paris Rooftops.
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Finding out the sales team spent millions on a server because, well, 'storage,' is exactly the kind of surprise that keeps tech folks on their toes.
Find out more in Episode 9 - Shadow IT Reports
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#podcast #tech #techlife #ithumor #shadowit #cybersecurity
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You think your IT is under control, then suddenly realize half the business has their own secret apps running. Didn't see that coming, did you?
Find out more in Episode 9 - Shadow IT Reports
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Ever wondered what Shadow IT actually is? Think of it as business folks building their own secret solutions without telling IT. If you’re clueless, stay blessed—ignorance really is bliss in this case.
Find out more in our latest episode Shadow IT Reports, available now on all podcast networks and where-ever you get your panic attacks.
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After consolidating three ERPs into SAP S4 HANA, the board reacted like we just solved all of Mordor. The power of promising "cost savings" never gets old.
Listen to IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith Episode 6 'SAP Happens' for more.
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The fully approved man-in-the-middle attack done the right way — as a learning tool, not a scare tactic. When ethical security testing quietly exposes blind spots, it gives teams the chance to fix weaknesses before they become real problems.
Find out more about this approach in Episode 8 of IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith : The DevOps Royale With Cheese.
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Ever wonder how rooftops get wired? Turns out hotel floors can transform into gates that even technical shafts can't bypass. It’s all about who holds the key.
When the hotel above suddenly turns your shortcut into the forbidden zone, it feels like starting a heist. Paris rooftops: 1, us: 0.
Find out more about our 5G deployment in Paris in Episode 5 of IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith : Paris Rooftops.
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