Chaos & Code
"Every stitch is a lesson, every bug is a story."
In 1070, Odo, Earl of Kent, commissioned a 68-meter embroidered narrative to tell the story of the Norman Conquest. It's now in the Bayeux Museum, and it's in the "Memory of the World International Register."
I'm doing the same thing, but with my tech fails. Every bug, every crash, every "why did I do that?" moment is a stitch in my own Bayeux Tapestry. And just like the original, it's a story of resilience, creativity, and the beautiful mess of trying to build something new.
The Stitches
The Production Delete
It was a Tuesday. I was feeling confident. I typed rm -rf / instead of rm -rf /tmp. The server went down. The whole company went silent. But we rebuilt it. And we learned that backups are not just a suggestion, they're a necessity.
The 19KB HTML Loop
I wrote a website that loops forever. It's 19KB of pure chaos. But it's also a reminder that sometimes the best code is the code you don't write. Sometimes you just need to let the bugs live.
The Grandma Refactoring Video
I made a video explaining refactoring to my grandma. She didn't understand a word I said, but she laughed. And that's the point. Technology should be fun, not scary.
The Gallery
Every mistake is a masterpiece. Here are some of my favorite "glitches" from the last year.
The time I accidentally turned my website into a glitch art masterpiece.
The time I crashed the entire server farm because I forgot to test my code.
The time I made a website that loops forever. It's 19KB of pure chaos.
Join the Stitch
This isn't just my story. It's yours too. Every bug, every crash, every "why did I do that?" moment is a stitch in your own Bayeux Tapestry. So, what's your favorite tech fail? Share it in the comments, or better yet, build your own "Chaos & Code" page.