No treat for you: pets miss meals after auto-feeding app PetNet glitches
by Nicky Woolf in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#1NPPK)
A server issue has taken down PetNet's automatic feeding system for a number of users, leaving many animals without their scheduled meals
It is a cautionary tale for the rise of the so-called "internet of things": some pets could be left hungry after a server outage appeared to be causing automated feeders made by a company called PetNet to malfunction.
The lesson: always build a backup system.
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