Spent a whole Tuesday on a client's broken invoice system

A client in Denver uses a payment tool called PaySimple, and their invoice links just stopped working for no clear reason. I thought it would be a 30 minute fix, but it took me from 9 AM until almost 5 PM to find out their SSL certificate had lapsed. Has anyone else had a payment system just die on them mid-project?

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river_palmer736mo ago

SSL certs going bad are the worst. I mean, I had a car's whole computer system freak out once because of a bad sensor, same kind of hidden problem. Just eats your whole day.

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elliotl245mo ago

Modern life runs on these little ticking time bombs we never think about until they blow up.

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nathan_allen716mo ago

Ever notice how tech problems and car trouble feel exactly the same? You're just sitting there while some tiny, cheap part ruins everything. It's like the universe picks the most annoying way to waste your time.

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