https://errorzap.com/tags/automation/Recent content in Automation on Error ZapHugoen-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/the-alert-that-went-to-nobody/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/the-alert-that-went-to-nobody/A critical event fired a perfectly good alert into a receiver wired to absolutely no one — and everybody slept fine because of it.https://errorzap.com/posts/the-api-loop-that-ran-up-the-bill-overnight/Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/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.https://errorzap.com/posts/making-a-python-script-a-real-service/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/making-a-python-script-a-real-service/The script worked perfectly — right up until I closed the terminal and watched it die.https://errorzap.com/posts/the-settings-api-that-corrupted-every-setting/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/the-settings-api-that-corrupted-every-setting/I changed one backup-retention field, ran it twice, and every client’s settings ate themselves like a snake swallowing its own tail.