Debugging 101

Content The Future Programmer TheProgrammerMe Me doing bug fixes in production 3:55 pm 16 Feb 22 Twitter for Android

When you spent years mastering tree inversions in C++ with all those pointer gymnastics, memory leaks, and segmentation faults only to watch some kid ask ChatGPT to do it in 5 seconds. The audacity. The betrayal. Back in my day, we debugged with print statements and cried silently into our mechanical keyboards.

Content ) CC CC Program Compiler Learn and code in CC GET In-App Purchases Jrmarion510 I tried running a basic c program: include iostream using namespace std; int main() cout "hello world" endl; return 0; Does not run. I just get error messages. Developer Response 2y ago Hello, you are missing a at the start. It should be include instead of include . The error messages are meant to show errors in your codes; they are not a malfunction of the app.

That smug look of superiority when your code compiles and runs perfectly on the first attempt. It's like hitting a hole-in-one while blindfolded — so statistically improbable that you start questioning reality itself. Your colleagues think you're a wizard, but deep down you know you've just used up all your luck for the year and tomorrow you'll spend six hours debugging a missing semicolon. Savor this moment of godlike power before the universe balances itself and your next PR becomes a dumpster fire of merge conflicts.

The evolutionary timeline of every software developer's soul, as told by SpongeBob characters. First comes Patrick—blissfully ignorant, writing spaghetti code and thinking "it works on my machine" is a valid defense. Then SpongeBob—bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, reading documentation, following best practices, and believing deadlines are realistic concepts. Finally, Squidward—the battle-hardened veteran who's seen too many legacy codebases, survived too many midnight deployments, and realized that every elegant solution today becomes tomorrow's technical debt. The transformation isn't a question of if, but when. Your optimism has an expiration date, and it's probably your next sprint planning meeting.

Content WHEN YOU REACH YOUR PRINT STATEMENTS ONE AFTER THE OTHER LEADING TO FINDING THE ORIGIN OF THE BUG 7 Oh, yeah. It's all coming together.