The Incident Log
Welcome to The IT Horror Stories Blog — the place where the chaos behind the screens gets a little more room to breathe. Here, we dive deeper into the incidents, outages, and questionable technical decisions that keep IT teams on their toes. From Shadow IT surprises and mainframe mishaps to DDoS attacks, failed migrations, and “temporary fixes” that somehow became production systems, we look at what happened, how people dealt with it, and what the rest of us can learn from it.
Written with the same dry humor and nerdy curiosity as the podcast, this blog is for anyone who loves technology, enjoys a good story from the strange world of IT, or simply wants to peek behind the curtain of real-world systems. Pull up a chair, grab your coffee, and join us — you are one of us.

Latest from The Incident Log
Real incidents, questionable decisions, technical rabbit holes, and the occasional rant. Here’s the latest from The Incident Log.
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Episode 23 : Pinball as IoT
When Arcade Machines Go Online A modern pinball machine isn’t just flippers, bumpers, lights, and…
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Episode 22 : The Three Envelopes
Blame, Reorganize, Repeat There is an old management joke about an outgoing manager leaving three…
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Jack’s Rants : Why You Need to Reboot
Why Rebooting Your Computer Actually Fixes Problems “Have you tried turning it off and on…
