Confidence vs. Reality: A Developer's Journey

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Confidence vs. Reality: A Developer's Journey

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The confidence-to-reality pipeline in software development is brutal. One minute you're smugly typing away, convinced you're crafting digital poetry that would make Knuth weep. The next minute your code's running around like a happy little psychopath with zero regard for your intentions or basic logic. That smug "Me writing great code" energy evaporates faster than free pizza at a standup meeting when you see what your creation actually does in production. The worst part? That bug looks so damn pleased with itself.

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