A list of the best bug write-ups I've read

A modest list of interesting blog posts I've come across containing tech mystery stories exploring how a bug or mistake or other problem came about, how it was discovered, how it was fixed, and maybe some lessons to learn.

• The case of the 500-mile email, by Trey Harris
• A three part series by James Haydon on the August 2023 UK NATS (ATC) meltdown:
  1. UK air traffic control meltdown
  2. UK ATC meltdown and swiss cheese
  3. Domain structured programming (UK ATC meltdown)
• A Very Subtle Bug, by Nelson Elhage. This bug was caused by unusual behavior in Python's handling of SIGPIPE which was fixed in Python 2.7.
• My Hardest Bug Ever, by Dave Baggett. Unlike almost every bug you'll ever come across, Dave was eventually forced to blame the hardware.
• I Accidentally Saved Half A Million Dollars, by "Ludicity", although this reads as a junior engineer's perspective
• The hardest bug I ever debugged, by Jacob Voytko