I'm a software engineer stranded in the IT-outage airport chaos. CrowdStrike broke a cardinal rule of software development, and I can't believe the fallout.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Ahmed Al Sharif, the CTO of Sandsoft, a game developer. Al Sharif was stranded at Barcelona airport on Friday because of the IT outage disrupting travel and other services. The following has been edited for length and clarity. 

I began my tech career as a software engineer. I've been a startup founder and have worked for large companies like Electronic Arts and Meta. 

I was supposed to be flying from Barcelona-El Prat Airport to London Heathrow on business at 11 a.m. local time.

I was surprised to arrive and find the flights shuttered. I was also surprised to learn there had been significant malfunctions across multiple Windows-based systems at the airport. It took some digging to find out that it was a global event.

By Charissa Cheong.

Full story at Yahoo News.