Getting Errors Is Success

Progress in programming: going from "your code doesn't work" to "your code doesn't work, but differently." The sweet satisfaction of upgrading from a .NET core error to literally any other error is the closest thing we have to victory champagne. It's like being lost in the woods, finding a different set of unfamiliar trees, and celebrating because at least the scenery changed. Debugging is just the art of collecting error messages until one of them accidentally reveals the solution—or until you've stared at them long enough that your brain reboots and suddenly sees the missing semicolon that's been there all along.