Gaming: The Unofficial Debugging Tool

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Gaming: The Unofficial Debugging Tool

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Ah, the battle-worn controller – a true testament to your commitment to "debugging" life's problems through virtual escapism. That layer of grime isn't dirt, it's a historical record of countless debugging sessions, production outages, and "I'll just play for 15 minutes" nights that turned into dawn coding marathons. The worn-out joystick tells the tale of a developer who's been grinding both in-game and in Git commits. Remember when your code was as clean as this controller once was? Yeah, neither do I.

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