[abra0]

>It was quite popular for a surprisingly long time.

Hah, that's a blast from the past. One reason it lasted as long as it did was the Knights of the Button, users who collaborated to keep it alive. I implemented the Zombie-presser, 1k+ donated accounts automatically pressing the button when no one else would. We kept it alive for a more then a month before the most embarrassing bug of my career finally killed it :D Good summary here [1].

Fun times! Thank you for the reminder :D

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/08/reddits-m...

[teaearlgraycold]

What was the bug?

[Jarwain]

> The final point of failure was even less spectacular: a co-ordinated attempt to keep the button alive by automatically pressing it with donated accounts when it got too low had been working on overtime, but a fatal flaw meant that no-one bothered to check whether the anointed account actually could press.

> The bot queued up the account, attempted to press the button – and found that the account had been registered after 1 April.

[jackphilson]

This seems like one of the first things they would check for though, right?

[hattar]

> the most embarrassing bug of my career

Though to be honest, if that’s the most embarrassing bug abra0 is doing great.

[abra0]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Knightsofthebutton/comments/38q9x5/...