TLDR Web Dev · MISCELLANEOUS

HOW A SINGLE CHATGPT MISTAKE COST US $10,000+

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A startup lost $10,000 due to a single mistake in its code that was generated by ChatGPT. This bug caused a unique ID collision in its subscription process, preventing new users from signing up. Its backend setup had multiple instances, which masked the problem during the day due to frequent deployments but caused it to surface at night when deployments stopped.