{"podcast":{"title":"IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith","slug":"it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626","podcast_index_feed_id":7324626,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/548877/rss","website_url":"https://www.ithorrorstories.eu","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/d/b/f/adbf846dceadad62e55e3c100dce7605/image-1400.png","author":"Jack Smith","episode_count":22,"summary":"We delve into the bizarre and often cringe-worthy world of IT mishaps, glitches, and the horror stories that come with it. With a sarcastic twist we recount the tales of those who somehow manage to create chaos out of the simplest tasks. We strike a balance between relatable frustration and dark humor that gets even the most cringe-inducing stories entertaining and you will find yourself laughing, cringing, and shaking their heads in disbelief as we take a wild ride through the chaotic world of IT, where every glitch is a ghost story waiting to be told.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T20:18:46.219369+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626"},"episode":{"title":"Jack's Rants - Batch Job Blues - Why Mainframes And Banks Still Rule The World","slug":"jack-s-rants-batch-job-blues-why-mainframes-and-banks-still-rule-the-world","published_at":"2026-02-10T10:58:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626/jack-s-rants-batch-job-blues-why-mainframes-and-banks-still-rule-the-world","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626","url":"https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/jacks-rant-batch-job-blues/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/c3f32df0-f9b4-48d7-9782-c3252d84e69a/Jacks_Rant_01_-_Batch_Job_Blues.mp3?dest-id=4735702","summary":"Jack's Rants dives into the world of banking mainframes and the batch jobs that quietly keep everything moving — until one of them doesn't. What starts as a routine overnight run turns into a multiple transactions on thousands of accounts that didnt happen in the real world, but the mainframe says something else. Want even more info ? Read our show notes and related blog post related to this episode : https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/jacks-rant-batch-job-blues/ All other links and socials : https://links.ithorrorstories.eu/ 00:00 Rant Kickoff 01:23 Transaction Glitch 03:14 Batch Job Drama 05:23 Mainframe Pros 07:33 Wrap Up","meta_description":"Jack's Rants dives into the world of banking mainframes and the batch jobs that quietly keep everything moving — until one of them doesn't. What starts as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":555,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626/episodes/jack-s-rants-batch-job-blues-why-mainframes-and-banks-still-rule-the-world/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-horror-stories-with-jack-smith-7324626/jack-s-rants-batch-job-blues-why-mainframes-and-banks-still-rule-the-world.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}