When Debugging Sucks

Content LEVELS OF HELL: Limbo Lust Gluttony Greed Anger Heresy Violence Fraud Treachery Opening a bug report without a way to reproduce it and then harassing the maintainers to fix it

Content Coworker: so how did you solve the bug? Me: Ostrich algorithm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In computer science, the ostrich algorithm is a strategy of ignoring potential problems on the basis that they may be exceedingly rare. It is named for the ostrich effect which is defined as "to stick one's head in the sand and pretend there is no problem". It is used when it is more cost-effective to allow the problem to occur than to attempt its prevention.

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Somebody's calculator function clearly got confused with their first programming lesson! Instead of returning 35 (7×5), this calculator proudly outputs "Hello World" like it just graduated from Coding 101. Classic case of a variable type mismatch—calculator.js expected numbers but got existential instead. The dev probably reused that "Hello World" function they wrote 5 minutes earlier and forgot to change the return value. That's what happens when you code at 3 AM fueled by nothing but energy drinks and stackoverflow copy-pasta.

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Ah yes, the classic accessibility symbol that's clearly been through QA testing. Designer: "I've created this perfectly aligned wheelchair icon." Users: "I prefer my accessibility with a side of existential crisis, thanks." This is what happens when you deploy to production without checking how your CSS renders on actual pavement. The real-world equivalent of "it worked on my machine."