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    Story: Risk Rolls Downhill - The Software Bug That Sent People to Prison

    CoRecursive: Coding Stories · Oct 2, 2025 · 55 min
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    What if a software bug drained your savings, ruined your reputation, and nobody believed it wasn't your fault? Scott Darlington took over a village post office, hoping to give his family a steady life. But the software system kept showing cash shortfalls he couldn't explain. Each time, the Post Office told him the numbers were right and made him pay the difference out of his own pocket.…

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