Where Is The Missing Bracket

Content Spending 4 hours fixing a bug and realizing that the code you've been compiling was not the code you've been fixing

Content Shaundai Person shaundai Pro tip: use clickbait commit messages to get your teammates to review your code faster git commit -m "First she noticed a bug in production. What happens next will SHOCK vou!" 7:56 AM Dec 1, 2022 96 Retweets 10 Ouote Tweets 785 Likes

That moment when QA whispers sweet nothings into your ear about all the edge cases you forgot to handle. The intimate relationship between developers and QA teams is beautifully captured here—QA is literally in your head, breathing down your neck about that bug you swore you fixed three sprints ago. The developer's thousand-yard stare says it all. You're not even at your desk, maybe you're grocery shopping or trying to sleep, but QA's voice echoes: "What happens if the user enters a negative number?" "Did you test on Internet Explorer?" "The button doesn't work when I click it 47 times per second." Every dev knows that sinking feeling when QA finds another bug. It's like having a very thorough, very persistent voice in your head that never stops asking "but what if..." Even when you log off, they're still there, haunting your dreams with their meticulously documented Jira tickets.

Ah, the duality of programmer brain. Spend 45 minutes crafting the perfect, descriptive variable name that reads like Shakespearean prose, but when it comes to loop iterators? "i" it is. No thoughts, just "i". The formal UN Security Council meeting for "i" versus the chaotic street brawl for naming literally anything else is painfully accurate. We'll debate whether it should be "userAccountData" or "accountUserData" until the heat death of the universe, but nobody's ever questioned the sanctity of "i".

Content Ben benjavaguy Jun 1 Can anyone help me find out why my web app isn't working? http:localhost:8080tutorial01welcome.jsp 1 17 6 rahmesh rahmesh1998 Jun 1 You've got an error in your SQL statement. You need to use a single for an equality check, not . 17 4 Ben benjavaguy Jun 1 Doh! Working now. Thanks, man. 17 0 1

The first comment: "When I do git blame, it's not about finding the person who did the mistake. I want to find out when the code was added, which task it was related to, and if I need more details, the person who wrote the code." The reply: "I use git blame just to make sure it wasn't me before I go on a tirade..." Ah yes, the two types of developers. The professional who uses tools for their intended purpose, and the rest of us who just want plausible deniability before ranting in Slack. Nothing quite like that moment of relief when you discover someone else wrote that abomination, followed by the crushing realization it was actually you from three years ago.