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The four stages of debugging code that's been working perfectly for months: 1. Shock and disbelief: "WHY is this failing now?!" 2. Indignation: "WHY would anyone write it this way?!" 3. Self-loathing: "WHY didn't I document this better?!" 4. Quiet resignation: "Oh, that's why... a one-character typo I introduced during that 'quick fix' last week." Ten years in the industry and I'm still going through this emotional rollercoaster daily. The only difference now is I skip straight to checking my own recent commits first.

No matter how intuitive you think your UI is, users will find a way to break your assumptions. You spend weeks perfecting that dropdown menu, adding tooltips, and even including a literal "Click Here" button... then some genius comes along and manages to wedge a traffic barrier through their truck window instead. The eternal struggle of UX design isn't building interfaces—it's predicting the creative ways humans will misinterpret them. If you've ever watched a user test and quietly whispered "how is this even possible?" under your breath, you've lived this nightmare firsthand.

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The eternal cycle of software development: create problem → panic → solve problem → be hero. That wasp isn't just a bug, it's the embodiment of the manufactured emergencies we deal with daily. "Everyone is mad at you" until you swoop in to fix the very crisis your team created last sprint. Nothing gets funding approved faster than a good old-fashioned production meltdown that could've been avoided with proper planning. But hey, why build things properly when you can just keep the adrenaline flowing? Crisis-driven development: because who needs sleep or mental health when you have tight deadlines and impossible client expectations?

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