Schrödinger's Code: Simultaneously Working And Not Working Until Observed

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Schrödinger's Code: Simultaneously Working And Not Working Until Observed

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The eternal duality of programming: questioning everything when it fails AND when it succeeds. Nothing triggers existential dread quite like code working on the first try. "It's broken? Must debug for hours." "It works? Must have introduced 12 new bugs I haven't found yet." The only certainty in development is uncertainty—and the sneaking suspicion that your computer is gaslighting you.

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