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[–] [email protected] 63 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My biggest problem isn't discovering my own crime. It's trying to determine what my motive was at the time.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago

"I plead insanity"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Usually my motive is, "It's 3am I'll just put this temp placeholder here and fix it in the morning."

Proceeds to not fix it due to forgetting by the morning

[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You're sure that there was a crime? You're fortunate that your bug is consistently reproducible.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My "favorite" is when following the steps to reproduce a specific bug you get an entirely different bug then what was reported

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Actually think about that shit when I'm trying to sleep

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Git blame would like to have a word with you.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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@davidm.313

"Debugging. The game where you are the criminal, the victim, and the detective at the same time. But you probably don't know where the crime took place, or what it was. But there definitely is a crime."


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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Good human.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Hey. Sometimes the bug is in a third party library. I didn't do it. I swear!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know there's a crime because my code runs, but it doesn't do what I asked it to do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The fact that it runs means that it has something delinquent to it. Otherwise it wouldn't run. Better run after it and catch it. /j

(That was a bad pun and I am not sorry. It's 3 am here and I can't sleep. This helped me to burn a minute. Thank you.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Its usually a typo lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I'm not sure if this is a direct quote from Your Code as a Crime Scene, but it's a good book and takes this same stance!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

You could technically do this just like how GTA Vs gameplay was with all the different characters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Well, seems like coding while drunk didn't help this time.