Every so often, we at Industry Forge take interest in news stories with technical subjects.  This one in particular helped us remember how important it is to double check calculation functions before deploying new code into production.  Yikes! $23 quadrillion is a lot of money! The poor developer at Visa must have been sweating bullets (I hope his boss gives him a break considering there was no real financial impact on any customers).

Check out the geeky timestamp on this post! This only happens once…unless we implement a new system of reckoning time. If you can’t see the timestamp for some reason, it is 12:34:56 07-08-09. I know, not the most essential piece of information you’ve ever come across, but fun none the less.