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My bug fixes almost always start out with “why the F did I do that?????” And then a long series of “oh…” before I finally get to the “ah hah!” Which is a moment
by theshadowknows 5y ago
My bug fixes almost always start out with “why the F did I do that?????” And then a long series of “oh…” before I finally get to the “ah hah!” Which is a moment I still enjoy after all these years. But fixing someone else’s code I’m more like “ok…I need to find the bread crumbs so I don’t get lost in this forest and end up messing something up…let me test this seemingly simple…ok yeah that broke stuff better roll it back.”
- michaelgrafl 5y agoLucky you if you manage to break stuff in a way that's immediately observable!
- spaetzleesser 5y agoVery true. I have many stories where a bug got “fixed” only to find out that there were unexpected consequences later on.
- theshadowknows 5y agoOh Im sure I’ve broke things that just haven’t been observed yet!