The Register's column 'Who, Me?' features reader confessions about tech mishaps. This week introduces a reader named Sam, who created a successful content migration toolset in the late 2000s. Upon pressure to commercialize, he built a licensing system that happily functioned on his personal laptop. After working from home on new features, he discovered on Monday that the licensing app was down due to it still running on his laptop, leading to customer frustrations and the need for immediate deployment to a proper server.
"Excited by the challenge, I spent a weekend researching asymmetric keys and built a licensing system that periodically checked in with the server."
"Normally, I left my laptop at the office, but to make progress on the new feature I took it home for the weekend."
"Instantly, I glanced down at the footwell of my car, where my laptop bag sat. And that's when it hit me: the licensing server was still running on my laptop."
"For years, it had been quietly running on my laptop, happily doing its job."
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