That moment when you think you’ve considered all possible test cases...

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Content TO Times of India Microsoft to shut down Internet Explorer in August 2021 NEW DELHI: Microsoft has confirmed that it will end support for Internet Explorer 11 across Microsoft 265 apps and services by next year. Web Developers: Finally, inner peace.

Content Developer: This project is more complicated than we thought. We're gonna need more time. Management: Alright, we'll adjust the timeline. Did you just understand me?

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Content Having a bug and thinking it's just a semicolon that's missing The code is 100 correct and there must be an error in the programming language It's probably the compiler It isn't the compiler and the error must be in the ALU of the CPU The CPU is fine and the error must be inside logic of basic set theory itself Seems like I just found an error in the fabric of the universe It was a missing semicolon all time long

Ah, the unofficial battle cry of every software project ever started. WE DO THIS NOT BECAUSE IT IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY. Nothing captures the soul-crushing reality of development quite like that red flag of truth. Every project starts with "Yeah, should take a couple days" and ends with you explaining to management why you're still debugging the same issue three weeks later. The eternal optimism followed by the crushing reality is basically our industry's business model at this point.