The Alarming State Of Debugging

Content When you break something and fix it enough that the next person who uses it thinks they broke it

The four stages of debugging code that's been working perfectly for months: 1. Shock and disbelief: "WHY is this failing now?!" 2. Indignation: "WHY would anyone write it this way?!" 3. Self-loathing: "WHY didn't I document this better?!" 4. Quiet resignation: "Oh, that's why... a one-character typo I introduced during that 'quick fix' last week." Ten years in the industry and I'm still going through this emotional rollercoaster daily. The only difference now is I skip straight to checking my own recent commits first.

OMG, the COSMIC BETRAYAL of code that worked flawlessly this morning but suddenly decides to throw a tantrum in the afternoon! 😱 It's like your program woke up and chose VIOLENCE. There you are, basking in the glory of your morning success, thinking you're basically a coding deity... then BOOM! Your precious creation looks you dead in the eyes and dramatically declares "Well now I am not doing it." The AUDACITY! The DRAMA! It's giving "my code has more mood swings than a teenager" energy. And the worst part? You changed ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. This is why programmers have trust issues!

From moon landings to being trapped in Vim—what a downgrade! The 1960s programmer stands tall with actual documentation and the audacity to claim they'll conquer space, while 2025's version is just a doge meme begging for help to escape an editor that's been around since 1991. Modern devs have ChatGPT, StackOverflow, and Spotify, yet still can't figure out how to type ":q!" without a Reddit thread. Progress? I think not. The only thing we're flying to these days is the coffee machine between debugging sessions.

Ah, the ancient battle between CSS debugging techniques. At the top, we have the rookie move: slapping a border: 1px solid red; on everything to see where your elements are breaking. But below, the true enlightened approach: console.log() – because why visually identify problems when you can dump 47 objects into your console and pretend you're actually reading them? After two decades in this industry, I've evolved from red borders to console logs and back to red borders at least 600 times. The circle of debugging life continues.

Content When the guy you hate offers to debug your messed up code dont touch my garbage