When Debugging Sucks

Content compiler: Error me: changes nothing, runs again. compiler

Content FREEZE CS 4620 Intelligent Systems Changing random stuff until your program works is "hacky" and "bad coding practice." But if you do it fast enough it is "Machine Learning" and pays 4x your current salary.

Dad's brutal honesty about C programming is the most accurate compiler error I've ever seen. The language itself is like a hazing ritual where segmentation faults are your new best friends and memory management feels like trying to organize a toddler's birthday party with no supervision. The confusion isn't a bug—it's the primary feature! The best part? Even veteran C programmers nod knowingly because the path from "Hello World" to pointer arithmetic is paved with existential dread and unexpected ampersands.

When someone yells "Is there a doctor?!" at an emergency, they're probably not looking for someone who can debug their code. The CS doctor's solution? Just set the old man's health to 100% like it's a simple property assignment! If only fixing human health was as easy as object.property = value . Unfortunately, human bodies don't respond to direct property manipulation—they require actual medical knowledge. That poor guy is about to find out the hard way that JavaScript can't save lives (unless it's the life of a web application).

From moon landings to being trapped in Vim—what a downgrade! The 1960s programmer stands tall with actual documentation and the audacity to claim they'll conquer space, while 2025's version is just a doge meme begging for help to escape an editor that's been around since 1991. Modern devs have ChatGPT, StackOverflow, and Spotify, yet still can't figure out how to type ":q!" without a Reddit thread. Progress? I think not. The only thing we're flying to these days is the coffee machine between debugging sessions.

Content Judging Coworker for the error, I recently stopped making