Expectation vs. Reality: Coding Skills Edition

Ah, the sacred ritual of the desperate dev team. There they are, dressed in ceremonial robes, performing ancient prayers to the almighty compiler gods. "Please, just one successful build before the scrum master asks why we're behind schedule!" Nothing quite captures the existential dread of watching that progress bar crawl along at 3 minutes before standup. The incense is burning, candles lit, and somewhere in the background, a junior developer is sacrificing their last Red Bull to appease the CI/CD pipeline. Bonus points if you've ever whispered "I promise to comment my code properly from now on" while staring at a loading screen.

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That moment of pure existential dread when you realize you just formatted your production drive instead of that USB stick. The command has completed successfully and there's no undo button in the terminal. Just you, an empty disk, and the sudden realization that your backup strategy was more theoretical than practical. The system is running on borrowed time until the next reboot, and your resume is about to get an unexpected update.

Content HOW TO DEBUG YOUR CODE Start Is there a (bug? Yes You're lying. - Do you know the problem? No Try something random. Yes 7 Fix it. Did it work? No Yes Did it create more bugs? Try and break something. No. Are you tired of debugging? No Yes Yes Your code is still buggy.