When The Senior Dev Finds A Bug

Technical debt Developer life Legacy code Code quality Self-own Git blame Senior developer Code ownership

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When The Senior Dev Finds A Bug

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Senior devs have this remarkable talent for forgetting their own code. First comes the righteous indignation ("WHO WROTE THIS CODE?"), then the escalating fury ("WHICH IDIOT WROTE THIS?"), followed by the team's gentle reminder that it was, in fact, their masterpiece. The final panel's silent "OH" captures that beautiful moment when you realize you're yelling at your past self. Git blame is truly the greatest humbler in software engineering.

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