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Content ankit WtFawwk starts typing a new line of code IDE: what is that? what are you writing? tell me right now! wtf? that's not right! is that even rea.. completes the line IDE: oh lol nvm. 9:26 PM 08 Jun 20 Twitter for Android

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When your code doesn't work, the logical approach is to copy and paste it. When that fails, the truly sophisticated approach is to frantically copy the same thing multiple times before pasting it, as if the clipboard might suddenly decide to work better after the fifth Ctrl+C. The clipboard anxiety is real. Nothing says "I've completely lost control of my development process" quite like hammering Ctrl+C like you're trying to send an SOS in clipboard Morse code.

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Progress in programming: going from "your code doesn't work" to "your code doesn't work, but differently." The sweet satisfaction of upgrading from a .NET core error to literally any other error is the closest thing we have to victory champagne. It's like being lost in the woods, finding a different set of unfamiliar trees, and celebrating because at least the scenery changed. Debugging is just the art of collecting error messages until one of them accidentally reveals the solution—or until you've stared at them long enough that your brain reboots and suddenly sees the missing semicolon that's been there all along.