The Chess Game Of Bug Fixing

bugs Technical debt Software development Code quality Senior developer Corporate hierarchy Intern Team leader

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4 months ago 239,955 views 1 shares

The Chess Game Of Bug Fixing

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The corporate hierarchy of bug fixing, illustrated as a chess game where nobody actually knows what's happening. The intern is confidently saying "Yes" (they fixed the bugs), the team leader is asking "What code?" (they don't even know what codebase needs fixing), and the senior developer who originally asked the question is responding with a flat "No" (because they know better than to believe anyone). It's the perfect representation of software development chaos where the person with the least experience is the most confident, and the person with the most experience has completely given up on expecting competence. The circle of technical debt is complete!

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