Api | ErrorZap

In a dim corridor a boxy delivery robot with a screen face waits as elevator doors open, a small wifi symbol above it, while the ErrorZap host holds the door beside his scooter saying AFTER YOU, BUDDY.

The Robot Asks for a Ride

Elevators now have APIs. How a robot requests a ride, what KONE’s public examples and Open-RMF’s lift message contain, and the national standards behind it.

The API Loop That Ran Up the Bill Overnight

An unattended automation found a paid LLM endpoint, lost its mind, and hammered it thousands of times while everyone slept.

The Firewall API Call That Factory-Resets Your Router

I ran a ‘harmless’ config script against a pfSense box and watched the entire firewall configuration evaporate in a single function call.

The Settings API That Corrupted Every Setting at Once

I changed one backup-retention field, ran it twice, and every client’s settings ate themselves like a snake swallowing its own tail.