First I Had 2 Errors, Now I Have 17

Technical debt Code maintenance Compiler errors Side effects Error handling Bug fixing Dependency hell Regression Whack-a-mole

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First I Had 2 Errors, Now I Have 17

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The classic "fix one bug, create fifteen more" phenomenon in its natural habitat! That moment when you confidently change a single line of code to fix an error, only to unleash a cascade of unexpected side effects. The compiler is basically saying "You thought you were clever, didn't you?" Meanwhile, your codebase is burning while you sit there with that weird mix of regret and amusement because deep down you knew this would happen. It's like playing whack-a-mole, except the moles are multiplying and they've learned to use flamethrowers.

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