How Can A Fix Create Multiple Issues

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How Can A Fix Create Multiple Issues

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You know that magical moment when you fix ONE tiny bug and suddenly your codebase transforms into a hydra? Cut off one head and SEVENTY-THREE MORE sprout in its place! Congratulations, you've just achieved the impossible: negative productivity.

That brief moment of pure joy when the tests pass and you feel like a coding god? GONE. Replaced by the soul-crushing realization that your "fix" has awakened ancient bugs that were peacefully sleeping in the depths of your codebase. It's like you accidentally kicked over a hornet's nest made entirely of edge cases and race conditions.

The best part? You can't even undo it now because you've already committed and pushed. Welcome to debugging hell, population: you and your 73 new friends.

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