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by Waterluvian 2293 days ago
Programming can be so easy: "Oh hey, it fixed itself!"

Programming can be so hard: "So then what was the bug?"
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zozbot234 2293 days ago
You can bisect to try and figure out where exactly the bug "fixed" itself. Not easy with a bug that can't be triggered reliably, of course.
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petargyurov 2293 days ago
Something something Schrodinger's Bug...
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chrismorgan 2293 days ago
And the awful thing if you can’t pinpoint what caused and fixed it is that it can more easily regress later.
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