One Bug Down, Four More To Go

Content 1. That can't happen. 2. That doesn't happen on my machine. 3. That shouldn't happen. 4. Why does that happen? 5. Oh, I see. 6. How did that ever work?

Behold, the classic "I just learned programming" approach to checking if a number is even or odd! Instead of using the modulo operator ( n % 2 == 0 ), our brave beginner has hardcoded every possible case from 0 to 25. It's like building a dictionary to look up what 2+2 equals instead of just adding the numbers. This is the programming equivalent of bringing a printed map of every street in the country instead of using GPS. The best part? This code technically works... until someone enters 26.

The proper posture is just a myth after your 10th debugging session. That slumped, half-dead position isn't a choice—it's an evolutionary adaptation that occurs after staring at code for 8+ hours. Your spine naturally transforms into question mark shape, perfectly matching the confusion in your code. Ergonomic chairs? Please. We pay $1000 for chairs specifically designed to be sat in incorrectly. It's not laziness, it's just that our bodies instinctively know the optimal angle for spotting that missing semicolon is approximately "melting into furniture."

Content Days before OpenAI Developer coding - 2 hours Days after OpenAI ChatGPT generates Codes - 5 min Developer debugging - 6 hours Developer debugging - 24 hours

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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