The Sacred Developer Procrastination Cycle

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Content ptq 5h Holly shit, my last fix to a problem was to add 100ms delay. The bug was so rare and random that was unable to track it down, and this somehow solved it. 4 826 bomko 4h Was it because of an async function? 4 423 FountainsOfFluids 4h Yes, that's the only reason such a fix would work, assuming it really did the trick. EMCoupling 3h Did it fix it... Or just make it harder to repro the bug...? 4 315 J FountainsOfFluids 3h 1 Award If you can't reproduce the bug anymore, isn't that a fix? 1.0k J

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This is a brilliant play on Big O notation, the bane of every algorithm class! The computer nerd's algorithm is O(1) - constant time complexity, the holy grail of efficiency. The A-student's algorithm is O(N) - linear time that scales with input size, respectable but not perfect. And then there's "my algorithm" at O(N!) - factorial time complexity, which is basically computational suicide. It's the difference between your code finishing in microseconds versus the heat death of the universe. The exclamation point is both the factorial notation AND the appropriate reaction when you realize your algorithm will take longer to run than the lifespan of several stars.

Content comptwelder MA scriptw. 21 Set I've just found a 1 line fix to a glitch that I caused at some point in the past and tried solving with over 100 lines of workaround code. Gamedev is this job where you can feel like an absolute winner and an absolute idiot at the same time. 17 1 28

The digital suicide note of a developer who's seen the abyss. What started as beautiful, elegant PHP code has morphed into an eldritch horror thanks to the ultimate villain: deadlines. That desperate plea to "turn back the clock" and "revert the commits" is the coding equivalent of finding "HELP ME" written in blood on the walls. Technical debt isn't just accumulating interest here—it's staging a hostile takeover. First day on the job and you find this? Your options are clear: quietly close the laptop, hand in your resignation, and consider a peaceful career in goat farming.