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The Bug That Taught Me More Than Any Course Ever Did

February 1, 20269 min read
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I want to tell you about a bug. Not a fun one. Not a clever one. The kind that makes your stomach drop when you get the Slack notification at 11pm on a Thursday.

What Happened

I was building subscription billing for Nexural. Stripe webhook comes in — \\

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