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I wrote some inefficient code by accident, that worked completely fine in test with 1 fake end user (me), but it had a critical flaw that caused it to literally be exponentially inefficient to the amount of users in the customer's business. So a small 10 employee business would create 10! network requests. We had some businesses with 2000 employees, so it tried to do 2000! network requests… it brought our servers down immediately after I released it, and I had to figure out a way to block the incoming requests, push out the patch, and get customer's to update without allowing them to DDoS us again. It took half the day and I was extremely stressed out. Stayed back late a few hours to make sure it was all good. Boss was mad but I didn't get punished for it
3.316275 × 10^5735^ is probably too many employees.
For context, here's that number written out fully.
33162750924506332411753933805763240382811172081057803945719354370603807790560082240027323085973259225540235294122583410925808481741529379613138663352634368890563405855616394060511725257187064785639354404540524395746703767410872297043468415834375243158087753364512748799543685924740803240894656150723325065279765575717967153671868935905611281587160171723265715611000421401242043384257371270017588354779689992128352899666585340557985490365736635013338655040117201215263548803826815215224692099520603156441856548067594649705155228820523489999572645081406553667896953210146762267133202683155220519449446161823927520402652972263150257475204829606475092739416585628353177957448287631459645037399132733417726360885249009350662161014445970941270782131373256383157230201994991495831647094277447387032798554967429860883937632682415247883438746959582925774057453983750158581546813629421794997239981359948101655656387603422731291225038470987290962662246197107660593155020189513558316535787149229091677904970224709461193760778516511068443225590564873626653037738465039078804952460071254940261456607225413630275491367158340609783107494528221749078134770969324155611133982805135860069059461996525731074117708151992256451677857145805660218565476095237746301667942248844448579834980154803262082989096585738175188861937669282827988845358463989659421395298446529109200910371004614944991582858805076186792494638518087987451289140801934007462592005709872957859964365065589561241023101869055606030878362911050560124590899838341079936790205207685866918347790655854470014869265692463193333761242809742006717284636193924969862846871999345039388936727048712717273456170035486747750910295552395354794110742191330135681954109194146276641754216158762526285808980122244389024867718205495941575199170127176757178749586161966593187885514183578209260148207177733173539603430496908207058995870138198081303559016076290838857456128821769813618248357673921830311841471913398689284234400077924669120976673165143349443747323563657204884447833185494169303012453167623274536787932284747382448509228313995250973250597912703104768360148119110222925337269769382367005756561240029057604385285290293760647953345817966612383960526254910718666386935476610845504619810208405063582767652658949239324951968595417167241932953068367349554400458635983816104305944982662753060542358075589410827888042782595108988063541056791795097401778068878286981021901090014835206168888372025031066592206860148364983053278208826353655804360568678128416921713304714117631217589577712263758475312351723099054982921013468730420589801441806387538266416989770423775940628087725370226542653058086237930142267582118714350291863763634030017325181826207603974736959520264263236414544685111342720215045838385101013694131303485622191663162389263276581535501127630782505996915882453345743543786368317373067329658935519969445823687350883027865770087974988999234355556624068283476378468518384497364887395247510322422211056120129582965719136810869382547576411888687934672519124619215114473883626959164367249007165342822815266124780046392254494517036372362794075778454209104830546165619062217428698160297332404652020199281385488268195100728286970107073750092766648750217477537274235150874824672027417003158112280589617812216074743794751095062093855667458125251837668215771280786149925587613235295042234638787895485088576446613629039412766597804420209228133798711590089626487894241321045492500356667063290944157937298674342147050721358893201958072306478149842952259558901275482397177332572291032576092979073329954505638836264047465024508080946911607263208749414397300070411141859553027882735765481918200244969776111134631819528276159096418979095811733862720608891043294524497853514701411244214305548608963957837834732532359576329143892528839398625627324286277556314046383038916842163311344563630957196597846633855149231619633567535513840342580416291983782226690952177015317533873028461084188655413832917195133211789572854166208482368281793251293123752154192697026970329947764382338648300887153037340566638386829408848773072176226884902308493466119426018027261380210800507821574100605484820134785957810277070778065551277254050167433239606625321641500480877240304761192903221015438535313868553848642557079079534117651957118868373988068389579274374968349814292329219630977709014393684365533335930782018131299345502420604456334057860696247196150560339489952332180043435996725662392719643540287205547501207985433197067479731312681352365374408566226320676883758513278289625233328434181297762469707954343600349234315923967476363891211528540665778364621391124744705125522634270123952701812704549164804593224810885867460095230679317596775558101167994000524980630376314134441226903703498735579991600925924807505248554156826628176081544630830540667741263012444186420410837311909313000115447056027777372437806718889977085105672727678124719883285769584421758889516046786820481001004781646235822083853248813427083407986848663216272020882330872781908537884546913155602172887312190739396520926022910147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absolutely right — I could have worded that section better, that's on me. I've now edited it for clarity.