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Cloudflare DDoSed itself with React useEffect hook blunder

1 month 2 weeks ago
Dashboard loop caused API outage that was hard to troubleshoot

Cloudflare has confessed to a coding error using a React useEffect hook, notorious for being problematic if not handled carefully, that caused an outage for the platform's dashboard and many of its APIs.…

Tim Anderson

French jet left circling while Corsican controller caught Zs

1 month 2 weeks ago
Wake-up call for dozed and confused chap who had to turn on runway lights

In the high-stress and safety-critical world of air traffic control, "don't fall asleep" probably comes pretty far toward the top of the rule book, and yet that's apparently the reason for the landing delay of an Air Corsica Airbus A320 this week.…

Richard Currie