When Fixing "One More Bug" Takes A Lifetime

bugs Technical debt Feature creep Legacy code Development hell Code refactoring Deadline False promises

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When Fixing "One More Bug" Takes A Lifetime

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The legendary "one more bug" lie that's haunted developers since COBOL was cool. Your colleague says they're "almost done" with that quick fix, and suddenly you've aged 84 years waiting for the PR. That "simple bug" unleashed a Lovecraftian nightmare of dependency conflicts, undocumented features, and spaghetti code from 2003. The best part? When they finally emerge from their debugging trance, they'll say "that was weird" and move on while you've lost half your lifespan and most of your hair.

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