The Paradox Of First-Try Success

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The Paradox Of First-Try Success

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The universal law of programming uncertainty: when your code works on the first attempt, it's not a victory—it's suspicious. Just like successfully plugging in a USB on the first try, it defies the natural order of the universe. That momentary pause where you question reality itself... "Wait, no compiler errors? No runtime exceptions? No stack trace from hell?" Seasoned devs know this feeling all too well—success without suffering feels like a trap. The debugging instinct kicks in harder when things actually work than when they don't!

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