If It Ain't Broke, Don't Refactor It

The divine hierarchy of debugging has been revealed! Your buggy code is the vehicle stuck in mud, while you're just the helpless dog watching from below. Meanwhile, the real heroes pushing you forward are: StackOverflow (the backbone of modern development), some random blog post from 2007 (written by a programmer who's probably retired on a beach now), and occasionally God himself when that 15-year-old forum post miraculously solves your exact issue. The most accurate representation of programming I've seen since my code last worked by accident.

The circle of software development life in four panels. The dev who fixed the bug gets praised by colleagues, feeling like a hero for about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, the same dev who introduced the bug in the first place stays suspiciously quiet about that part. Classic job security strategy – break things just enough that you become indispensable when you fix them. It's not a bug, it's a career advancement feature.

Content when you finally remove all the print statements and commented out code after three hours of debugging:

Ah, the digital clock showing 9:77:58 – the perfect representation of what happens when you decide requirements are just "suggestions." This is basically what your code looks like when you decide that time constraints, logic, and basic physics are merely optional guidelines. Sure, there are only 60 minutes in an hour according to "conventional standards," but your code boldly asks: "Says who?" This is the same energy as returning a string when the function clearly asks for an integer. Revolutionary? Perhaps. Functional? Absolutely not. But hey, at least your code is consistent in its complete disregard for reality!

HONEY, YOUR HACKY CODE IS VALID! Next time you're feeling guilty about that unholy if-statement monstrosity that somehow passes all tests, just remember we've convinced LITERAL ROCKS to do math by zapping them with electricity! 💅✨ We flattened sand, injected it with lightning, and now it can run TikTok. THE AUDACITY! Your janky workaround is practically elegant by comparison. We're all just digital witch doctors performing silicon sorcery and hoping the computer gods don't notice our blasphemy.

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