The Bug That Broke The Developer

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Debugging StackOverflow Programming Testing

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The Bug That Broke The Developer

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That moment when your code has been working flawlessly for weeks, then suddenly crashes in production because of a bug so fundamentally stupid that you question your entire career path. Nothing hits quite like realizing your entire codebase is held together by duct tape, wishful thinking, and Stack Overflow answers from 2013. The fetal position is just the natural evolution of debugging posture - first you sit up straight, then you hunch over, and finally you're face-down contemplating a career in organic farming.

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